For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery

Not to like ice cream is to show oneself uninterested in food.

What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, and what we do to make them come about.

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks

That wine drinking is more effete than beer drinking? No question.

When the people whom we love the most leave us, we start learning to live with the shadows they have left inside us.

It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

Jobs are for lazy people who don’t want to invest in themselves.

Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible.

Words and works eat not at one table.

I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian.

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

In a country of children where the option is Santa Claus or work, what wins?

The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption, ... the infinite canvas.

Bestow upon me, O Lord my God, understanding to know thee, diligence to seek thee, wisdom to find thee, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace thee.