... the novel, arguably the author's best, had a disquieting power, like a sleeping crocodile.

Every hundred feet the world changes

The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower.

When people read his books they have an uncontrollable desire to hang the author in the town square. I can’t think of a higher honor for a writer.

So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the end.

Nothing is ever behind us.

Bright colours in the west, giant butterflies dancing as night crept like a cripple toward the east.

Metaphors are our way of losing ourselves in semblances or treading water in a sea of seeming.

If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.

We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

I don’t think much about guys from the past. I’m glad I knew them, but there’s a reason they didn’t make it into my future.

I've got a sense of humor. I'm a funny guy.

Musician jokes are a kind of joke that usually have to do with how much money someone makes. Musicians are always starving, so they're really mean to each other about who makes what.

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

I have had my fill of words and tearful farewells.

Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.

The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout 'double life' situation, and for that, I am very grateful.

As a species, we are forever sticking our finger into the electric socket of the universe to see what will happen next.

I do try to experience the emotions as they come, but sometimes it becomes just too much.

I was never nervous. That's not me, ... Nervousness, scariness, that's not even in our vocabulary.