When I play too many video games I begin to feel chubby-minded, caffeinated, bad.

To create anything… is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic.

Reading gives one something to think about other than one's self.

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.

Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer-so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible.

We are no longer worried that children are missing school because of video games, though. We are worried that they are murdering their classmates because of video games.

Fun is not the same thing as fulfillment.

An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts.

Most non-readers are nothing but an agglomeration of third-hand opinion and blindly received wisdom.

Girlfriends, indeed: the anti-video game.

Of that time, there is still much we do not know.

Your life has tremendous value to you. It becomes a precious diamond for humanity to enjoy when you donate it for the betterment of others.

I've lived a life of unfinished things.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

Nonetheless, it moves.

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala," I say with an affected bow.

I love eating meat, but I love our planet even more. So I will join this campaign and stop eating meat at least one day a week.

No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.