Home, as far as I'm concerned, is the place you have to leave. And then, if you're like me, spend the rest of your life mourning.

Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated.

The Odyssey is the story of motion both purposeful and purposeless, successful and futile. What else is the history of law?

Why do we love heroes? Because life is a fight.

Abasement degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.

I've never been cocky. Even right now I don't like to talk about the Olympics.

I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively effortless song to write, which is rare for me.

What on earth would a man do with himself, if something did not stand in his way?

Worm theology is too high for me.

I was never encouraged to believe anything. I was brought up in a profoundly agnostic or pantheistic community.

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill.

The Method of Bisection is a sophisticated version of a tool used in fifth grade called "Guess and Check".