Nakajima’s past would always be there, so the foundation could crumble at any moment. That’s what happens, I realized, when people destroy other people.

I love feeling the rhythm of other people's lives. It's like traveling.

But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.

When things get really bad, you take comfort in the placeness of a place.

It occurred to me that if I were a ghost, this ambiance was what I'd miss most: the ordinary, day-to-day bustle of the living. Ghosts long, I'm sure, for the stupidest, most unremarkable things.

Everything in life has some good in it. And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more--it's sad, but that's the truth.

When someone tells you something big, it's like you're taking money from them, and there's no way it will ever go back to being the way it was. You have to take responsibility for listening.

Why were we so far apart, even when we were together? It was a nice loneliness, like the sensation of washing your face in cold water.

...there's nothing wrong with being a little hopeful. Who says you can't warm your frozen limbs in the faint heat of a flicker of hope?

Just being with Nakajima made me feel as if we were detached from history, and had no particular age.

And when something awful happens, the goodness stands out even more ...

If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission.

many people who think they know do not know what they know and only know what they do not know

Contentment is the only real wealth.

I don't know if it's the economy, but finding work as a spiritual guru is really hard. Maybe I should grow my hair out.

One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

The use it and lose it problem is pervasive, affecting more than 40,000 Californians a year.

I like to experiment a lot and invent things.

Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes

Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

It's like you came to a controversy and a ball game breaks out.