I looked at my reflection in the rearview mirror. Some lipstick would go with this truck, I thought.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

The Magician makes the visible, invisible.The Scientist makes the invisible, visible.The Artist stands in between, indivisible.

I am a novelist, and my goal in writing a novel is to leave the reader not knowing what to think. A good novel shouldn't have a point.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust

there is enough treachery , hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.

One paper says I'm Catholic and the other says I'm Jewish. I guess that's fitting because as a Methodist I'm meant to be undetermined some of the time.

It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.

There's no question that a vinyl record is a lot nicer than a CD. It's nicer to hold in your hands, you can do more with it.