Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder

I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars.

Don't be self-conscious, if I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved.

You are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.

It's not the end. It's the beginning.

I can do this, I lied to myself feebly. No one was going to bite me.

You really should stay away from me.

It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you.

Are you still faint from the run? Or was it my kissing expertise?

You are my life now.

A man should construct meaningful ideas at his own will if he wants to take citizenship responsibilty by helping others pursue their happiness.

It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.

The way we as a world consume stories - and sometimes people - is a phenomenon that we're seeing much more of now.

I've never even done a residency.

What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.

The tall modern office building is the machine pure and simple...the engine, the motor and the battleship the works of the century.

She'd thought love had something to do with happiness, but it turned out they were not even vaguely related. Love was closer to a need, no different from the need to eat, to breathe.

I enjoy watching children interact with the world, the way they engage their environment without any filters, learned models, or cynicism.

Peace is restrained; this is free.