Paul Theroux

Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.

I don't like to get in front of people.