In the face of technology, everything becomes a little atavistic.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Intentions, whether good or bad, that don’t reflect the words and actions are only meant to fulfill personal goals.

After I brush on my moisturizer, I'll dip the same brush into foundation and mix it with the lotion to make tinted moisturizer.

A choral dance: an attempt to impose upon a chance gathering of a few dozen guests a communal feeling.

If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.

The maxims of men reveal their characters.

The media is the great middleman. Trump doesn't need a middleman to get his message out. Trump's crowds are five blocks long.

You will ride the Tao toward the concrescence and will be able to live in the light of its anticipation.

And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it's about emotion.