Perhaps the universe is a memory of our mistakes.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

Every living cell in your body is made from the food you eat. If you consistently eat junk food then you'll have a junk body.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous.

You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play.

We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemists eyes to notice.

I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.

Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.

Everyone is beautiful, everyone is perfect, and everyone is lovely.

Now, if some panic hits me, you have to sort of be friends with your body, it's like your body will work against you.

I think that's why we're always so fascinated with criminal stories because there but for the grace of God it could be us.

I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books.

To treat others ethically is to act out of concern for their happiness and suffering.

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.

The life that I have chosen gives me my full hours of enjoyment for the balance of my life. The sun will not rise, or set, without my notice, and thanks.