Did she answer my email yet?' That's the new obesity.

Our worst fear isn't the end of life but the end of memories.

Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.

You know, there's that silly saying 'We're born alone and we die alone' -it's nonsense. We're surrounded at birth and surrounded at death. It is in between that we're alone.

People, it turns out, aren't a product of their own time. They're a product of the time before theirs

Many things embarrass me, but reading isnt one of them. Im not ashamed of my slightly weird collection of prison memoirs. Nor the flaky meditation books. After all, I can pretend I never read those.

The training of a journalist, of working with words for thousands of hours, is extraordinarily useful for a fiction writer.

Anything that's worth anything is complicated.

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

We enjoy this illusion of continuity and we call it memory. Which explains, perhaps, why our worst fear isn't the end of life, but the end of memories

But my point, you see is that death is misunderstood. The loss of one's life is not the greatest loss. It is no loss at all. To others, perhaps, but not to oneself.

Your heart can't be in two places at once, at least not while maintaining a relationship.

They be like what's the formula? I be like kiss the Son, kiss your worries goodbye.

If you are allergic to a thing, it is best not to put that thing in your mouth, particularly if the thing is cats.

You can only understand the present age when it is past.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.

Basketball is my refuge, my sanctuary. I go back to being a kid on the playground. When I get here, it's all good.

Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation.

Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.

I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.

Generally speaking, color directly influences the soul.