Worry lives a long way from rational thought."---Self

You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place.

I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of those, I imagine death presents like a holiday at the beach.

I began thinking about my skeleton, this solid, beautiful thing inside me that I would never see.

Instead, I quietly excused myself and went to the bar, to commune with spirits I know how to relate to.

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'.

All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?

Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.

Sexual desire is a state not unlike hunger.

Many people will find this book disrespectful. There is nothing amusing about being dead, they will say. Ah, but there is.

Gravity disappears again, and we rise up off the floor like spooks from a grave. It's like the Rapture in here every thirty seconds.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn't going to go off. It's wrong to make promises you don't mean to keep.

We did really well for a generation after 1989 and the fall of communism. Our liberal values expanded in the world, our prosperity expanded.

You’re not going to learn anything if you’re not prepared to go flat, so I’m very happy to go flat.

You're not really just a filmmaker that makes a movie good most of the time. It's everybody involved; it's a collective effort.

I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in.

Curiosity is the surest sign of intelligence

We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.

Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.

You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.