“(Remember you always have the option of taking to the sea.)”

“I attended an evangelical Christian university on the outskirts of suburban Los Angeles and by the time of my graduation was neither evangelical nor Christian.”

“My history teacher could make us feel like he was imparting rare gossip to us when he was talking about Maria Theresa and the Habsburgs. I just loved that sense of - the Western canon is here, and ...”

“I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.”

“Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that ...”

“One of the things that would be great is to some day have so many women comedy writers that we wouldn't say there's just one type of female humor. There's lots.”

“Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it.”

“I am weird, and you know what? That's OK. So are most interesting people.”

“The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room.”

“The person you marry is the person you fight with. The house you buy is the house you repair. The dream job you take is the job you stress over. Everything comes with an inherent sacrificewhatever ...”

“Dear God Please take away my pain and despair of yesterday and any unpleasant memories and replace them with Your glorious promise of new hope. Show me a fresh HS-inspired way of relating to negat...”

“The most disappointing part of real life is there's no soundtrack.I think life would be far more wonderful if a corresponding song played during key moments to expressed the tone & feeling of the s...”