“But really, it’s probably just easiest to keep doing what I’m doing. You know how it goes. At first it’s just for the time being, until you can get your own story together, be the hero in something of your own. You tell people it’s your day job, you tell yourself it’s your day job, and then, at some point, without you noticing, it stops being your day job and just becomes your job.”
“Being brave is not a part of yourpersonality, it’s your job. It’s what you owe the people who love you.”
“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.”
“Destiny might drop you off somewhere but it’s your job to get where you’re going, to decide your own ending…”
“Every time I hear writers talk about ‘the muse,’ I just want to bitch-slap them. It’s a job. Do your job.”
“You know, marriage is marriage, a partnership. You aren’t the only one who needs to step up and keep one of us safe. It’s my job as your wife to do the same if a time comes when I have to and it’s my job to do it however that might need to come about.”