Love had to be deeper than that, than a glance over tea, which was indicative but not dispositive.

That's what novels are: They're amalgams of archetypes, collections of random traits one observes in other people through life, blended into fresh characters.

...she would have walked all the way up to East Sixty-Third Street, and probably 163rd Street, if it meant pouring even more into this memory that wasn't a memory.

Samkit’ (right belief) means knowing the Soul (self).

Sometimes humans just don't listen, they ‘take’ to fill a space that’s missin’!" Deetkatu, Meet the Little People...An Enchanting Adventure

Even in the middle of a hopeless darkness a light may suddenly reach you

When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.

After a while, you crave pajamas and a shaved head.

An existence transfigured by failure.

Making a painting is like playing the saxophone. You hit the note and it comes out.

That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.