I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will come within a pint of wine.
Only cool people care about the origin stories of why they like something, and I'm not cool.
I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.
Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.
Most book things now (with a few exceptions) are just built around nice, safe books written for nice and safe book club readers. These are usually the books you see on display at Barnes and Noble. These Internet writers are like literary terrorists to me. They're training as we speak. They're getting ready to invade. They're building an army.
We like something because someone else liked it.
I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.
I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense.
Stop thinking and start looking.
Betsy DeVos, for example, has shown that she's flatly ignorant of an astounding amount of basic education policy. It might be possible to persuade two or three Republicans to oppose her on these grounds - but only if the entire confirmation process isn't a pure partisan battle.
Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished.