She was gone, and all that was left was the space where you'd grown around her, like a tree that grows around a fence.

...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.

In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.

We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side.

Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.

Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.

I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.

I wear boxers all the time. I don't really move like a girl. I mean, unless it's time for me to get dressed or something.

Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in me - but I'm actually very calm and mellow.