Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.

Every orientation presupposes a disorientation.

Culture is a little like dropping an Alka- Seltzer into a glass- you don't see it, but somehow it does something

A pathological business, writing, don't you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological!

The reality in which a camera turns up is always posed, e.g., the moon landing.

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy and the make the most of where you are.

Learn to work on your work.

I watched the moon alone, unable to share his cold beauty with anyone.

I just watched this documentary on the mating habits of whiptail lizards and trust me, if those things can make it happen, you can too, my friend.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

For me, I'm more of a songwriter than a guitar player or singer. And not having things to work on was really kind of nice.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

There is no love that is not an echo.

Assuming that just because you can hear you can listen is like assuming that just because you can see you can read.

An increasing amount of climate research suggests a possibility of global cooling.