What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?

When a character comes to life, it’s like meeting a new friend for the first time.

We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone.

To raise a child is to submit to a staggering amount of work, much of which is deeply unpleasant. It would be crazy to have children if they weren't so damned important.

... common sense is the one thing that will certainly be wrong.

Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else.

Every reader, I suspect, has a book like this somewhere in his or her past, a book that seemed to hold within it, at that moment, all the mysteries of the universe.

As a child, a person builds up an egoic sense - the child has a name, has an "I," has a mind. But then, to awaken, a person needs to completely transcend that sense of ego.

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.

Poverty is a relatively mild disease for even a very flimsy American soul, but uselessness will kill strong and weak souls alike, and kill every time.

The shows are so different from each other, depending on whether I play with my band, Nine Stories, other musicians, an orchestra, only one or two members of my band.

But when you kill someone you love, the hard part is never over. It just gets easier to distract yourself from what you've done.