She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble

So many miracles have not yet happened.

Nothingwould beeasier withoutyou, because youare everything, all of it-sprinkles, quarks, giantdonuts, eggs sunny-side up-youare the ever-expandinguniverseto me.

She said the words, and then she had a strange moment of seeing them, hanging there over her head. "You're going to vacuum up that squi

Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel.Huge portions of what is loosely termed "the squirrel brain" are given over to one thought:

I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you.I am very, very hungry.

He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true.

Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot.

It is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs

The form is always the measure of the obsession.

Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

Each time it was like a stray bit of glass pressed into the softness of her heart, grinding, grinding, oh so silently until she no longer noticed when she bled.

People always tell me "Have a nice day." Well what if I don't want to? What if I want to have a crappy day?

There is nothing derogatory in any employment which ministers to the well-being of the race. It is the spirit that is carried into an employment that elevates or degrades it.

One of my favorite things being on movies is that when you're working, it's the best thing that's ever happened, and then in the downtime, you socialize and go to dinner.

My films don't have instant impact because they're dense with ideas that people have not thought about. It takes a while for the American public to wrap its head around some of the things I'm saying.

If the mind is willing, the flesh could go on and on without many things.