We have flooded ourselves with the media in all its many forms. Our minds are now open to signals. We have become aerials.

Anything can become music if listened to long enough

Form is the host; content is the virus.

I hate that rule that says write about what you know, it leads to too many British novels about marriages going slightly wrong. Write about what you don't know, just act as though you do.

Expect to feel pleasure. Knowledge is sexy. Expect to feel pain. Knowledge is torture.

Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather, it is a heart bent on sacrifice that is the most potent weapon of all.

One of the happiest moments in a father's life is when his children treat him like a brother.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

I've always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

In some ways, Trump is just going to continue the trend: by continuing the norm-smashing behaviour that Republicans used in opposition.

Each of us carries some wisdom waiting to be discovered at the center of our experience. Everything we meet, if faced and held, reveals a part of that wisdom.

A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops [very pleasant thanks for that mental image Maurice!]

It’s a matter of time; you adapt to the different culture and different way of life. Human beings are adaptable.

I think a lot of times dreams are nothing more than a kind of mental or spiritual flatulence. They're a way of relieving pressure.

You're not going to die. I forbid it. All right?" "All right," he whispers.