The only authentic literature of the modern era is the owner’s manual.

Reality is neurology, and is not absolute.

But so strong is our desire for meaning, an innate desire, that we construct meanings where there are none.

Send these images of me through the internet out into the universe, where I will continue my out-of-body existence.

We’re all photojournalists now. It’s no longer enough just to write.

To not be photographed daily, even by oneself, to not be recorded and videoed and dispersed into the turbulent winds of the net, was to court nonexistence.

The internet is now a forum for public prosecution.

I can manage, " said Frodo. "I must.

And how funny, strange, that a thing can grow so powerful even when planted in the wrong place. Ideas too, I muttered. Ideas.

You don't teach a person how to write as much as you teach that person how to survive the writing process.

Some people brighten up a room just by leaving it.

What makes sovereign ugliness are our conventions.

If there is one area where equity is crucial and essential, I think it should be the issue of water.

It stirs up envy, fame does.

On the issue of inflation, I think I could solve it no matter how much money it took.

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile.