She Asked Me Why I Always Had

It's Easy To Sound Good. All You Do Is Leave In The Parts Where You Act Tough And Forget The Parts Where You Get Shoved Around.

My Family Was All Police And Hard Hats At The Refineries; They Didn't Know What To Think About Me. So I Became A Closet Writer.

Pike Put Down The Cat. He Slid From Pike's Arms Like Molasses And Puddled At His Feet.

People Want You To Be Ordinary. They Don't Like It When People Are Different. They Don't Like It When A Man Soars Over Their Heads While They Stand In The Dirt. People Hate You When You're Special; It Reminds Them Of Everything That They Aren't.

I Had A Big Akita, Yoshi, Who Was Fabulous. I Loved Him. We Lost Him When He Was 12, And I've Never Been Able To Replace Him. Normally, Most People Lose A Pet And Get Another And Keep Going On. But It Just Felt Wrong To Me; It Felt Disloyal.