I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and observant and finally necessary he'll become.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Don't tell people you care about them when all you really care about is getting your own way.

A man blessed with a good mamma and a good wife has no right to complain about anything else.

What you focus on you become. So always focus on that which is highest, brightest, happiest and most noble of all things, enlightenment.

After adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 5% of households grew by 38% from 1989 to 2013. …By comparison, the average real income of the other 95% of households grew less than 10%.

While you're busy looking for the perfect person, you'll probably miss the imperfect person who could make you perfectly happy.

God exposes your sin...And you see yourself as small as you are in the presence of a holy God.

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

Our Father's commitment to us, His children, is unwavering. Indeed He softens the winters of our lives, but He also brightens our summers.

You have no control over other people's taste, so focus on staying true to your own.