First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

We are always dying, all the time. That's what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths.

Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight

All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.

Fun. It‘s this crazy thing where people smile and laugh and are generally pleased. I could have sworn I saw you smile at least once

You think you know it, but you always find out new stuff.

I need protein from food rather than just protein supplements. I changed my diet.

I'm only a poor corrupt official.

This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?

Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.

He is also wary of people who think they know the path.

Neotony is a metaphor for the quality of life - the gift - that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all the marvelous undiscovered things to come.