Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real.

Fate will unwind as it must!

I’ve never known fear; as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again, seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares/ To face me

Those benefiting from the status quo, resist change.

When we buy books we're fooling ourselves into thinking we buy the time to read them.

...when we say we're looking for a spiritual adviser, we're really looking for someone to tell us what to do with our bodies. Decisions of the flesh. We forget to learn from pleasure as well as pain.

The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.

I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail.

Television, cable, the Internet, that's knocked the boundaries down.

And there's some Latino music I like, and some reggae music.

Life is like underwear, should be changed twice a day.

Nobody likes having salt rubbed into their wounds, even if it is the salt of the earth.

One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it's always smarter than you are.