Ennui had more distractions far more amusing than the automatons of a watchmaker in Mühlenberg.

God pity the poor novelist.

I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.

Stories, like conjuring tricks, are invented because history is inadequate for our dreams.

In the long dusks of summer we walked the suburban streets through scents of maple and cut grass, waiting for something to happen.

I’m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself.

Perhaps sound is only an insanity of silence, a mad gibber of empty space grown fearful of listening to itself and hearing nothing.

I saw that I was in danger of becoming ordinary, and I understood that from now on I would have to be vigilant.

His ambition was to insert his dreams into the world, and if they were the wrong dreams, then he would dream them in solitude.

We know nothing. Absolutely nothing.

tears, love, life Who knows how many tears have flown in the Word of God from the creation of the world?

I only live the full life when I live fully in the moment.

Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.

Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends.

The only way to have a life is to commit to it like crazy.

It doesn't matter how smart you are; to audition for 'Jeopardy,' you just have to luck out and know what they're asking you that day.

I've done modeling since I was 18, but it didn't take off until I moved to Los Angeles. Modeling has always been something I've been really good at, and has been something that's helped pay bills.

Breathe life into the weapon, don't take life away from it. Keep walking, because walking is life.

Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.

To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.