Out of some persistent sense of large-scale ruin, we kept inventing hope.

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.

Never sleep with a lady only once, especially in the case of an older lady.-'Rhett

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.

You're pulling out and someone says, 'hey, you know what, go ahead and take my spot', miracle.

Almost everyone admits to hunger during the Opera.... Hunger is so exalting that during a last act you practically levitate.

Alternative Lifestyles, the emotional fly-drive packages of our times, come equipped with a set of clothes, a choice of authors, a limited menu of sports and a discount coupon book of clichés.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it.

The relationship between man and space is none other than dwelling, strictly thought and spoken.

It’s okay. Everything’s going to be okay. You can let go of the sword." "I can’t. I can’t leave him alone. I have to protect him." "You have.

The right way to build a company is to experiment in lots of small ways, so that you have plenty of room to make mistakes and change strategies.