The parts of me that used to think I was different or smarter or whatever, almost made me die.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

The rich aren't paying for luxury - they're paying for basic humanity.

Keep your hope in the Lord.

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.

Debut: the first time a young girl is seen drunk in public.

Grace changes us and change is painful".

I want you. Bad. Right now. Against the wall. On my bed. The floor and maybe in the bathroom later. I have a shower stall and a Jacuzzi we could put to really good use. I know you'd like it.

It's harder to say 'no' when you really mean it.

If the game is run properly as a professional game, you do not need 57 old farts running rugby.