I am automatically suspicious of things that wave their symbolism around and do little dances and bludgeon you over the head so that you [Darn] Well Know There's A Symbol Here.

Every now and again, a painting will get away from my control and take over. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it's a giant drooling hairy thing with pointy teeth. You know how it is.

I really wish there had been a way to phrase this as 'A thunder of worms.' Because I like that phrase. That's a phrase with soul. Worm thunder on the horizon, all is right with the cosmos.

I don't always burn my bridges, but when I do, I like there to be no survivors.

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Sweet mother Mary, boy, think about what you’re doing! Be cruel or be kind, but don’t be both, because now you’ve made a mess you can’t clean up in a hurry.

Wilbur looked at the list glumly. "Are you sure you need all this stuff?""Yep.""The ax?""The ax is critical.""The c

Dragons have been known to have staring contests with mountains. They usually win.

A stupid mule is still smarter than a good horse or a bad man.

She was a good witch and a decent person, but decent people aren’t always easy to live with.

I believe the discussion itself is divine.

Genius could be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way, or even to say a simple thing in a simpler way.

And then, one fairy night, May became June.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects - must inevitably find their analogues in music.

People do whatever they want to do, y'know.

I'm hoping the reader can see that artificial intelligence is better understood as a belief system instead of a technology.

The egg cream is psychologically the opposite of circumcision--it pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.

I don't necessarily buy any key to the future of happiness, but I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will die.

I never had a real job either. I sort of fell out of school and ended up playing guitar.