The summer night was starless and stirless, with distant spasms of silent lightning.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

The 'will to power and independence' has become so ubiquitous that it is now considered normal.

Home wasn't built in a day.

Disappointing cakes have often been sitting out too long. They should last just long enough to have the last pieces the next morning with coffee - who doesn't love cake with coffee?

Without those hackers, we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security.

Stress is when you're 29 years old, playing for Rochdale, with an expiring contract and a mortgage to pay.

I love very much to draw animals.

Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.

I'm a little obsessed with being competitive.

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

You correct an error by bringing truth to it.