As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.

There is a devilishly direct relationship between the significance of an idea and how nervous we become at the prospect of having to think about it.

In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.

The most boring and unproductive question one can ask of any religion is whether or not it is true.

Life is neither a play nor a party. But the love of prayer.

We’ve been focusing so much on getting there that we haven’t been enjoying the ride

If you ask one question, it will lead you to another, and another. It's like peeling an onion.

there is a big difference between a boy and a man, the level of maturity will tell.

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, writers will go to stupefying lengths to get the infernal roar of words out of their skulls and onto paper.

They are the most painful tears in the world ... the tears of the aged ... for they come from dried beds where the emotions have long burned low.

The freedom of the mind is the beginning of all other freedoms.

My job, at the very least, doesn't change at all.

‎Niko and his women will be the death of all the Stepsons yet.

I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great.