The Truth Is Seldom Welcome, Especially At

Optimism Means Better Than Reality; Pessimism Means Worse Than Reality. I'm A Realist.

And She Finds It Difficult To Believe—that A Person Would Love Her Even When She Isn't Trying. Trying To Figure Out What Other People Need, Trying To Be Worthy.

A Fist Is More Than The Sum Of Its Fingers.

For Me The Experience Of Writing Is Really An Experience Of Losing Control.... I Think It's Very Much Like Dreaming Or Like Surfing. You Go Out There And Wait For A Wave, And When It Comes It Takes You Somewhere And You Don't Know Where It'll Go.

War Is What Happens When Language Fails.