Grief, he said, is carnivorous.

There's something ugly about the flawless.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.

It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.

Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.

What molds us is what maims us.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

When you fight something, you're tied to it forever. As long as you're fighting it, you’re giving it power.

The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals.

All of [the] activities here have a surreptitious end-of-the-world feel to them:... these joggers sleepwalking in the mist like shadow's who have escaped from Plato's cave

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

And I never missed one concert. In 89 shows, I think I did one a bit suspect show. In the old days, I'd pull gigs left, right and center because I was too f - - up.

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.

Love is familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love." -

I think everyone is their harshest critic, but I strive for excellence as much as I can because I think it shows.