Ah. And then you kill him.""No, " Arkwright replied patiently. "We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{...}

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

Poets never die, I thought. They just fail in the end.

She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all

We have just discovered our dear colleague butchered in a hotel room, and you wish to discuss literature?

Beside me the monstrumologist murmured, "I believe I am in hell, therefore I am there.

It's not love on which the strongest foundations are built. It's the decency of merciful lies.

A wonderful quality about America is that we love redemption stories. We're quick to lash out and assign blame, but we also draw from deep reservoirs of forgiveness.

The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.

It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years.

It's not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don't know what to do with them or can't be bothered.

To hit 100 miles per hour, that's something. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it, but it's something I can do and think about.

The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths.

We have sought for firm ground and found none. The deeper we penetrate, the more restless becomes the universe; all is rushing about and vibrating in a wild dance.

The Democrats were losing elections everywhere, except when Obama was on the ballot - and that is the racial component.

Because this age and the next age Engender in the ditch, No man can know a happy man From any passing wretch, If Folly link with Elegance No man knows which is which.