I was surprised by how much I loved Portland. It is so wonderfully creative without being artsy. Great food scene.

Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality.

Life starts out with everyone clapping when you take a poo and goes downhill from there.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who know where their high school yearbook is and those who do not.

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.

Unless you are a professional, you will find the tart to be a high-maintenance, unforgiving whistle-blower of a pastry.

I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.

Book tours are such a little tapas meal of where I could live.

No affair that begins with such an orchestrated overture can end on a simple note.

Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older.

I like to try to do a little work before I do anything in the morning, even if it's a paragraph.

Becoming well known (at least among your prospects & connections) is the most valuable element in the connection process.

Wrong belief is what bites one from the inside. There is no one biting him on the outside.

Life is an adventurous story filled with triumph and tragedy.

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.

The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.

There's a quality of legend about freaks. Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle.

Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.

You will have to look at the tape. Actually, you could burn the tape. It's not even worth looking at... We just have to move on to next week. If we just get the next one we will be fine.