“There is a constant amount of weight in the world. If one person loses weight, another must gain it. If somebody dies, an appropriate number of babies are born. Do not stand too close to a person who is losing weight. That fat is just looming, looking for a person to inhabit.”

“I want to dream a dream so wonderful that I'll wake up sorry that it wasn't a memory.”

“Most of us have a soundtrack running in the background of our lives. I access that soundtrack when I write.”

“...what has the weight of evidence to one person does not necessarily have the weight of evidence to another.”

“Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They've got nothing to lose.”

“This person mourns the fact that she has ruined her one chance to be loved by everyone; as this person climbs into bed, the weight of this tragedy seems to bear down upon this person’s chest. And it is a comforting weight, almost human in heft. This person sighs. This person’s eyes begin to close, this person sleeps.”

“You never know what another person stands to gain or lose by anything”