Heroes, classical heroes have the look of eagles, too. They're looking beyond the immediate problem and into the future.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

Oh how I hate people!

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

We fail to enjoy the sacred moment, when we overwork.

Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real. But it is true.

I'm selling more records on my own than I did on major labels.

I waited tables in New York, and when you're in that line of work, you often have a horrible boss.

You can't better the world by simply talking to it. Philosophy to be effective must be mechanically applied.

..the more you believe in your own ability to success the more likely it is that you will.

Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.

Every time I see you, I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to fall. I feel uncomfortable every time I see you, and every time we talk, my throat tickles.