This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

I know everything must be a lie, but I believe it anyway.

We did all the tourist crap, but I just wanted to sit in a cafe and watch people

Leaders should never alienate themselves from the poor, if their main aim is to alleviate poverty.

If employment really cared about employees, people wouldn’t have to work until retirement comes to their rescue.

It's time you stop thinking that because you did something, it's... amazing. All you've got to do is say, 'OK. If I'm great, what do they call Steve Jobs?'

Music is split up now into little pockets.

Drug prices are a problem. Access is a problem.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

We all have our own personal Andes.

We need to wake up from a thought that lasts too long.

No excuses. Just do the work.