If we can live well without causing unnecessary harm, why wouldn’t we?

Our food is among the most intimate connections we make with the earth.

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.

You’re everything I’ve ever wanted, Pigeon.”“Just remember that when I take all of your money in the next poker game, ” I said, pulling off my shirt.

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

Believe in the power of your own voice.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.

Beggars remind us that not all miseries arise from our ideas.

I hate being thought of as a product.