When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.

I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.

When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.

The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?

Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth.

There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.

I also am not particularly risk-averse - I don't mind jumping off a cliff if I trust the people who've told me they'll catch me at the bottom.

Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is in some ways the goal: the ending that goes beyond the ending in the reader's mind, so invested are they in the story.

So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.

Literary influences are harder for me to point to, because mostly it's a mulch of all of my past reading.

Kids without dads are desperate and jealous. Those with dads can be uppity and sharp.

I think I’m going to cut down on my dating, ’ Annie said. ‘I used to need a lot of attention. You know, to make up for that empty feeling inside. But boys aren’t always the answer.

Your product should sell itself, but that does not mean you don't need salespeople.

To achieve great things you have first to believe it.

I think we acquire habits of mind when we're little, and I lived in the future because I was always imagining being a grown-up, when I could get out.

To me travel is triple delight: anticipation, performance, and recollection.

The business has changed greatly since my day.

Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.

From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road

Capital goes where it is welcome and stays where it is well treated.