The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it?

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 lose hope. Never forget the power of intentions and desires.

Expansion of character is connected to expansion of destiny.

During the past one year who has inspired you the most?

When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.

I think it's very empowering to be able to have a career and to be a mother. It gives you an amazing sense of self.

Mind who you love. For that matter, mind how you are loved.

I'd be happy to play anyone's girlfriend. I'm happy to be working, ever. It's not an intentional thing to play these messed up, crazy characters, but I'm happy to do it 'cause someone's got to.

Success is generally due to holding on, and failure to letting go.

Donald Trump accused Huma Abedin of sharing state secrets with her husband. I think Trump clearly lacks a sense of Huma.

Fear is a survival instinct; fear in its way is a comfort for it means that somewhere hope is alive.