Ture stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded.

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie.

Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.

Memory changes as a person matures.

Every sickness has an alien quality, a feeling of invasion and loss of control that is evident in the language we use about it.

The truth is that personality inevitably bleeds into all forms of our intellectual life. We all extrapolate from our own lives in order to understand the world.

Dreaming is another form of thinking, more concrete, more economical, more visual, and often more emotional than the thoughts of the day, but a thinking through of the day, nevertheless.

Memory is essential to who we are, and memories can be both implicit and explicit - unconscious and conscious.

There's a phenomenology of being sick, one that depends on temperament, personal history, and the culture which we live in.

Infancy is irretrievable. Its memories live underground. To what extent they return by stealth or are triggered by various catalysts remains an ongoing question.

True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they unfolded.

My traumatic experience was life changing

And in the end... Not even that old familiar sensation of emptiness. Just a hint of helplessness, a frustration for a lost time from a result prematurely injured and failed.

A few of us are extraverts. A few of us are introverts. But most of us are ambiverts, sitting near the middle, not the edges, happily attuned to those around us. In some sense, we are born to sell.

The only thing that would make her jealous would be if I led a parade riding a unicorn while ballerinas sang love songs.

I love that there are others interacting with me.

The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?

Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.

The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent!

I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer.

I'm one of those guys who likes to piddle around in the garage and fix stuff.