“I was planning on procrastinating today . . . but never got around to it.”

“Literature today is like elevator music for a narcoleptic.”

“Be thankful for the little you've got, and a little is all you're gonna get.”

“As with most things, my approach to writing has been entirely ass-backwards. I first had to become everything but a writer -- exhaust all possibilities. I had to come to it on my knees. Only when there was truly nothing left, was I able to become a writer.”

“A friend told me that one day he and I would be rich and famous. I told him that I'd trade my half of the fame, for his half of the money.”

“I must give myself permission not to like myself. It's ok. Plenty of other people don't like me either. And I have much higher standards.”

“I used to be a hopeless romantic. Now I'm just hopeless.”