"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us, but those who win battles we know nothing about."

"I'm not a novelist. I'm a short story writer. I'm a poet. I'm a playwright. I'm a journalist. I'm a hack."

"I wish I could live my life over again, but I wouldn't do anything different. I'd just do it better."

"I’m glad I don’t have to live over again. I don’t want to. It’s a bore."

"There are no second acts in American lives."