“Each life makes its own imitation of immortality.”

“How life did imitate art sometimes. And the cruder the art, the closer the imitation.”

“Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.”

“The glory of a good tale is that it is limitless and fluid; a good tale belongs to each reader in its own particular way.”

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”

“Anything with the power to make you laugh over thirty years later isn’t a waste of time. I think something like that is very close to immortality.”

“It's hard to make strangers care about the good things in your life.”