The world was all mud and wire. The war in the heavens was only a faint imitation of the horror men had learned to make.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.

Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent.

Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.

A well-aimed spear is worth three.

Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy.

Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery.

Every man is the hero of his own song.

If the bears don't get you, it's home.

I'm thinking about past events. I'm interested in recall, exact recall, of what was said, who said it and to whom. I want to know the truth, undistorted by time and revision and wishes and regrets.

There is no such thing as magic. Just that which you do not understand.

My dad always told me that the principal reason he chose New Zealand to emigrate to after World War II was the high regard his father had for the Kiwis he encountered at Gallipoli.

Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance.

If San Francisco is indeed a city of leaders, then I think we should lead, and if we don't want a chain store, then we should say so loudly.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

I was half asleep but I smiled. In spite of all his irritating qualities, I couldn't help liking a man who despised a fictional character with such passion.

As long as one heart still holds on, then hope is never really gone

There's something about black. You feel hidden away in it.

A thing is only right or wrong because you say it is. A thing is not right or wrong intrinsically.