His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his wine. “You have to do disappointment twice.

I ate so many Ramen noodles that I wouldn't even touch a package of them now.

Soon after a hard decision something inevitably occurs to cast doubt. Holding steady against that doubt usually proves the decision.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

A friend told me that teenage girls are always looking for someone to pin their dreams on. That doesn't make it any less weird though.

I don't want to think my life as a career. I'm interested in my work only because of the meaning I can make.

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.

I am not concerned about the 80 BMP consistency law of popular music. I'm concerned with other things, and they're very valid.

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

I feel like I'm wasting time if I repeat myself.

I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege.