To a writer, madness is a final distillation of self, a final editing down. It's the drowning out of false voices.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Anything is possible. Dream! Reach out! Achieve!

You only deleted her cell no. and email address after you memorized them

We would rather be feared than respected.

A lot of people think I'm under a lot of pressure with my family and friends spending all that money to follow me around

Success is not in reaching the destination, but in making the journey.

You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!

I'll go for things that I know are going to be wrong, with a vengeance

They have been eating muffins. That looks like repentance

Wherever a beautiful soul has been there is a trail of beautiful memories.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.