“Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood readin...” — Anthony Marra Quote

“Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood reading that I return to with any regularity, and they have grown with me, yielding newer and deeper meaning.”

“For the years I spent working on it, 'Constellation' was the only novel I knew how to write, so maybe I still abided by the maxim? Regardless, I prefer the maxim: Write what you want to know, rather than what you already know.”

“No one reaches the Oval Office without a great deal of admiration for the institution - and himself - so it's unsurprising that sitting presidents favor the biographies of former presidents.”

“Motherhood is exhausting, but you get to know the deeper ramifications of it as you go along.”

“Dissensions between Muslim nations run at least as deep, if not deeper, than those nations' resentment of the West.”

“I know for me, everything that leaves my mouth on stage is purely with the intention of making people laugh. It's never any deeper, never any more or never any less than that. That's all it is to me.”