Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have “plans.
Bears are simultaneously so graceful and so strong. Bears know who they are, but they often don’t know who you are, which is why they kill you.
I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to power a cell? One. Because mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Not ready for prime time, that one.
They really cut to the chase in the urologist’s examination room, and I tried to laugh. If this office were a movie, it would have been rated R.
Dopamine is a chemical released in your brain and your body when you sleep that paralyzes your body so you don’t act out your dreams.
I like ‘Donnie Darko’ it’s a cool take on dreams and sleep.
I feel that marriage can lead to the ultimate rejection and failure and divorce and things we all fear.
Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It’s a shower for homeless people. And it’s a place you can write all day. The baristas don’t glare at you. They don’t even look at you.
I love pizza. I want to marry it, but it would just be to eat her family at the wedding.
You can’t go to medical school and come out and be like, ‘I’m going to be a dog catcher.’ That would be so pointless.
I’m generally so disoriented during the week about what I’m doing and where I am – I travel a lot – that when I’m home on a Sunday, I typically try to sleep in as much as I can.
I never looked at my parents’ marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, ‘I gotta get me some of that!’
My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.