“To find meaning in our lives we need consistent exposure to kids, elders and animals... cuz kids and animals aren't looking for it, and elders are the closest to finding it.”

“If what makes a person an artist is their work, they should be admired; if what makes a person an artist is themselves, they should be adored.”

“I don't write comedy. I write drama that's funny.”

“I love cheetahs. Every moment of every day is spent in fear of dying a terrible death yet they always carry themselves elegantly, remain loyal to their family, and never complain about anything.”

“I wish dogs understood: 'We're going in five minutes.”

“Talent is being unabashedly and unapologetically fearless in the work that you do. The only difference between having talent and not having talent is fear.”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”

“A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.”

“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”