Was it happiness I’d found in my long marriage? Or capitulation? Or is that all happiness is, capitulation?
Maybe that’s what religion is, hurling yourself off a cliff and trusting that something bigger will take care of you and carry you to the right place.
As far as I’m concerned, the only thing sweeter than seeing a friend is that friend canceling on me.
Earlier this year, I’d told a mother at school I’d been married fifteen year. She asked, “What’s the secret to a long marriage?” I thought for a second, then answered, “Staying married.
My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I’m going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I’m about to kick the shit out of life.
People like you must create. If you don’t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.
I’d say I never considered myself a great architect. I’m more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for logistical nightmares.
I know it’s a lot. But she can handle it. I’d rather ruin her with the truth than ruin her with lies.
Your mission statement says Galer Street is based on global “connectitude.” (You people don’t just think outside the box, you think outside the dictionary!)
What’s this?” She pulled out a card and held it away from her face. “I can’t read what it says.” I took it from her and read it aloud.1. Beeber Bifocal2. Twenty Mile House3. Bee4. Your escapeFourteen miracles to go.
the most random things get her way too full of love
People like you must create. If you don’t create, Bernadette, you will become a menace to society.
And I’m going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it’s boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it’s on you to make life interesting, the better off you’ll be.
I don’t know if it’s a failure of imagination on my part, but I’m not going to be writing about Paris in the 1800s. I feel like it would come off as just ludicrously uninformed, even if I did a lot of research.
My summer reading suggestion: Pick a really famous, really long novel.
I quickly realized that shopping on Amazon had made the idea of parking my car and going into a store feel like an outrageous imposition on my time and good nature.
My strength as a TV writer was my total lack of interest in television.
There’s something uniquely exhilarating about puzzling together the truth at the hands of an unreliable narrator.
Creating art is painful. It takes time, practice, and the courage to stand alone.
I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don’t have the imagination to write a book that’s not set where I am.