Every writer is first a reader, and what we read matters.

An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.

I have prayed for years for one good humiliation a day, and then, I must watch my reaction to it. I have no other way of spotting both my denied shadow self and my idealized persona.

My childhood memories are amazing I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.

It's a positive thing to talk about terrible things and make people laugh about them.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.

The longer you live, the longer you hear the repetitiveness of things. So, it's hard to get excited about new stuff.

Gaming is going into storytelling. It was a new audience.

The sky is now indelible ink, The branches reft asunder; But you and I we do not shrink; We love the lovely thunder.

A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.

I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.