Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

After a certain age, you felt a need not to be alone. It grew stronger, like a radio frequency, until finally it was so powerful that you were forced to do something about it.

But clearly life took people and shook them around until finally they were unrecognizable even to those who had once known them well. Still, there was power in once having known someone.

There was no life Dennis burned to live except, it seemed, a life that wasn't depressed.

Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?”“Hmm, ” said Jules. “Yes. The Holocaust.

The mystery of desire was way beyond the conceptual abilities of Jules Jacobson. It was like ... robotics. Just another subject that she couldn’t understand at all.

If someone said 'diametrically, ' could 'opposed' be far behind?

Dennis was present, still present, and this, she thought as she stayed landed against him, was no small talent.

Jealousy was essentially "I want what you have, " while envy was "I want what you have, but I also want to take it away so you can't have it.

Twitter, " said Manny, waving his hand. "You know what that is? Termites with microphones.

No, of course not. I just feel content, ” she said carefully.“That’s an old person’s word, ” said Ethan.

Circumstance points to deeper meaning.

To do what is right can be a dirty messy business" S. R. Tabone. Made it up for my Godfifa novel.

For a long time, nobody had figured out Information Architecture, so we all just made stuff up.

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.

The most favorable moment to seize a man and influence him is when he is alone in the mass. It is at this point that propaganda can be most effective.

Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you. He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself.

That's the great thing about the future - nobody knows what's going to happen. That's what makes it all exciting.

I enjoy the work, I enjoy every minute of my professional life.

People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.

And I realized that maybe none of us ever gets to choose our lives. Our only choice is to live the life that comes to us, or go down into darkness.