The movie - any sports movie - becomes a praise song to life here on earth, to physical existence itself, beyond striving, beyond economic necessity.

Anything processed by memory is fiction.

My medium is prose, not the novel.

Everything I write, I believe instinctively, is to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, is a matter of adjacent data.

I don’t know what’s the matter with me, why I’m so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.

To me, the moment you're talking about nonfiction you're talking about reality.

If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to be too deeply under the sway of progress.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

Imagination is glow of thoughts by supernatural force.

I don't burn any calories trying to be masculine; I just happen to be from that world.

Do for one what you wish you could do for everyone.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

That is the tragedy of growing old, Chris. You don't leave the world. It leaves you.

Forget the haters, just get ya money, just get ya weight up.

I think meditation helps greatly with creativity. If it's a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it's going to shine. It's going to resonate.

I commit to most things I do in life, so I don't really have any serious regrets. But I'll say this: There are plenty of people that I wish I could un-meet. It's kind of an L.A. syndrome.

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

From now onwards, whenever you fail -- just congratulate yourself.