Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act

I got this idea of doing a really serious big work-it would be precisely like a novel, with a single difference: Every word of it would be true from beginning to end

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of your IQ every year

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas. , "Answered Prayers" (Unspoiled Monsters)

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a flamingo