What, really, was the difference between something hounding you and something leading you somewhere?

I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around.

People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Always live your life with your biography in mind.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Oh, sweetheart. What can anyone do? That's just the way things are. You really think you can change the world?

[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.

An acorn is an oak tree inside out.

Rebellion leads to ruin.

Decorating is like music. Harmony is what we constantly strive for. At home, we want a peaceful atmosphere where the objects are the notes and nothing is off-key.

I bought a little hideaway up north, so I'll ship my motorcycle up there. It's much less dangerous than West Hollywood.

All photographs are self-portraits.

Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.

We must not be guilty of taking the law into our own hands, and converting it from what it really is to what we think it ought to be.