A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Life evolved from time

We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.

don't try for wit. Settle for humor. You'll last longer.

I do look at that thematic of healing of humanity.

If there was no praise or criticism in the world, then who would you be?

We don't need heroes so much as recognizing ourselves as heroes.

The best thing that can happen is for the theme to be nice and clear from the beginning.

I like people-watching and getting inspiration from the unique people who dont follow any fashion tides. From 12-year-olds who have full freedom, to 86-year-old ladies with a ton of class.

Well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. The thing is I'm native. But necessarily because I'm a member of the country, I'm also a White American.

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.