Off-camera lives are unverifiable.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Another relative?" Valek asked.A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. "Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife'sthird cousin."--Valek and Moon Man

Often is the worst of you that makes the best of you

Be mindful of those who take credit for your success or blame you for their failures.

You don't go to school to learn about others.You go to school to learn about yourself.

Instead of trying to modify what nature brought us, we embraced it.

It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.

Not to be arrogant, but I have a lot of hits, so my phone stay ringing, but it's consistent.

I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place.

You have to take an active role in making yourself happy. That's why I say happiness is a choice. Because you have to choose it.