Obviously, anyone in contradiction with authority must possess equivalent knowledge and additional fact in order to sustain his argument.

All the new thinking is about loss. In this it resembles all the old thinking

...sometimes compassion is the greater part of honor.

Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.

The more I listened and became obsessed with singers, I feel like the more I realized that I had my own little thing that I could do.

I drink tea pretty much continuously at a rate of around 1 imperial pint/hour, which sort of enforces screen/keyboard breaks.

Life itself is dispare, so we must make darkness our ally

At the back of my mind I had a sense of us sitting about waiting for some terrible event, and then I would remember that it had already happened.

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?

If we are ever to enjoy life, now is the time, not tomorrow or next year.... Today should always be our most wonderful day.