That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

I've been to many beauty salons. No one gave me a certificate.

With a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, this writing thing may just pan out.

Sometimes, God may prioritize performing a miracle on our hearts and minds over a miracle concerning our circumstances.

We've known for years that the president of the United States is a cyberbully, a misogynist who has this thing about women and blood.

Whatever you think is delusion.

Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No: I am going to live to God, and to bring others so to do.

And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

You need to play to win. But you also need to win ... to play.

What happened?" -Ethon "Obviously something was hungry and bit the bear." -Kali