“Word to the wise writer...never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them...they sneak off with stuff.”

“I know the difference between sadness and depression. Clinical depression has no source from which it springs-it just is. Intractable sadness has nothing to do with synapses, or brain chemistry, or essential salts, it's born of something. It's the product of injustice and helplessness. It can be anesthetized, I suppose, but it's there, unaltered, when the medication wears off, like an intruder who has broken into your house and is still there every morning when you wake up.Given the choice, I would rather be depressed. I've come back from depression.”

“I think the overriding message would be that love is serious business. True, down-to-the-crap love is not for the shallow or faint of heart. People are messy. Marriage is messy. You have to bring your best self to the game despite your limitations.”

“I'm sure that sounds odd, but looking at me and seeing me are two very different things.”

“Well the you should sue Mc Donald’s because the really fucked you up” *gestures at fat man*”

“Life is not about finding your limitations; it's about finding your infinity.”

“Don’t be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That’s where the joy and the adventure lie.”