We need time to lose interest in things.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

My father is an apparition, and my mother is semiconscious.

From deep quiet gorges and wilderness of the holy mountain came to her wonderful, like silver mist, dreams and silently whispered into her ears that she was designed for extraordinary deeds.

...wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

Being rude to someone loving all the time can make your loving behavior same as your rude one for that person. So you should not always be rude in small mistakes

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it.

When you're indestructible, then nothing is a threat really. So nothing needs to be taken that seriously.

I used to be treated like an idiot, now I'm treated like an idiot savant.

I have a feeling only for shadows