We're living in a new Beat time, in my view. And it's very difficult for us to hang on.

Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place.

I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.

Most of us live our whole lives without having an adventure to call our own.

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.

How do we identify ourselves, and how do we settle into other people's expectations for our identity?

I would rather be handsome for an hour than pretty for a week.

This self-obsession is a waste of living. It could be spent on surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing.

I'm really interested in the idea of long, long life and transformation and immortality.

I'm from the same planet as David Bowie.

I'm interested in that whole question of where we wear our identity and how can we see it.

I had a standing arrangement with God: I'd agree to believe in Him -barely- as long as He let me sleep in on Sundays.

I really do enjoy getting out to meet my readers. Writing is such a solitary business, it's gratifying to thank folks in person and really connect as human beings and not just words on a screen.

Power on the one side, fear on the other, are always the buttresses on which irrational authority is built.

The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.

Simplicity is a key to avoiding complication. Part of the definition of simplicity is 'not complex or complicated; sincere.'

Never complain, never explain personal motto of

I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.

If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner

I smell blood. I'm like a pit bull. Once I taste blood I'm on you .. and I'm about to taste blood.