The capital-T Truth is about life before death. It is about making it to 30, or maybe 50, without wanting to shoot yourself in the head.

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.

Another woman told Constant what it was the crowd felt it had a right to. 'We have a right to know what's going on!' she cried.

Making the attempt is what matters most.

Though the customer is always right, there are some customers you do not want.

The only other time I've been away from home was when I went to college. And that was just an hour away, so I could always go home if I needed to.

Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.

Most TV shows are about strong characters and strong actors, and we certainly have those.

O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!

I'm just an awkward old maid with a very great affection for men.

You better play together as a team or you sit.

If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.