Instead, we were given a publication called the Weekly Reader, which was like a newspaper for four-foot illiterates.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

The only personYou shouldn't be ableTo live withoutIs you.

You know the life you have committed yourself to often ends in death.All life does.pg 217

It's not finding what's lost, it's understanding what you've found.

That which is not worth contemplating in life, is not worth recreating in art.

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.

Stop illegal immigration. Stop these trade deals that are taking jobs from Americans. Build an economy that works for the people at the bottom, not just the ones at the top.

If you feel guilty or quietly ashamed, seek the power of the Atonement.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.