“I'm a good person but a shitty writer. You're a shitty person but a good writer. We'd make a good team.”

“I don't think God gives a shit if we have a dog or if a woman wears shorts. I think He gives a shit whether you're a good person.”

“I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the reader and the writer who are making the story up together.”

“Do the thing you're good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.”

“I am never going to get better at being a good person. I am always going to be the blood and shit of things.”

“While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.”

“There is always the risk: something is good and good and good and good, then all at once it gets awkward.”