Sometimes a thing that's hard is hard because you're doing it wrong. (Point Omega)

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.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!

..If not for the influence of Humans, I would not be Human. Shouldn't it be concerning that the quality of such examples continues to dwindle?

A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked not be endured with patient resignation.

Freedom is not a gift received from the State or leader, but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.

We're all different. Some people are musicians, some people are actors, some people are agents and some people are accountants... We're all different.

Bikes and planes aren’t about going fast or having fun; they’re toys, but serious ones.

A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.

Diversity gives our city a competitive edge.

If you are at a boys' school, especially, there is a level of bravado that you have to keep up otherwise you'll get picked on.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.