He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope.

There's something ugly about the flawless.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.

It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.

Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.

What molds us is what maims us.

When is the last time you got angry at someone treating you with respect?

Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.

The value of a prototype is in the education it gives you, not in the code itself.

The Democrats just want to ram it down my ear with a victory

I've been very fortunate in my art career. It's something I would never have expected.

As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill.

It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical.

The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started.

There are no dead-end jobs. There are no dead-end jobs. There are only dead-end people. Our current social philosophy, and the welfare state apparatus based on it, are creating more dead-end people.