You don't smile when you're holding on. You smile when you're letting go.

Power is the gem of necessity. Without observing power, identity remains undiscovered.

As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?

A male feminist is one of the most glorious end-products of evolution.

I do not give a damn about the dead. They died for the [Communist] Party and the Party can decide what it wants. I practice a live man's politics, for the living.

Sometimes, I stood at the front of the E train, watching the tunnel ahead, imagining what Anthem would look like on stage.

I've always had a love of country music.

life without love, is no life at all

Remember this: you can have justice, or you can have two dollars. But you can t have both.

That was always my hope that that is exactly what I would do. It was always part of the dream of this story - to write the novel and then direct the movie.

Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.