You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

Լաւ է աչքով կոյր ըլլալ՝ քան մտքով:It is preferable to be blind by eyesight, than by mind.

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused on exports. There are big changes we need in the world.

Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.

They call me superman, I'm here to rescue you.

Please don't get me wrong here. I'm not making fun of old people. In fact I think that's the goal of everybody here tonite. We all want to be an old person someday.

I was thinking what I usually think about when I write: what the next word should be, whether my character should be an emu farmer or a wallaby farmer, the searing pain in my right temple.

The past is still, for us, a place that is not safely settled.

I live to ride, and ride to live.

I have been writing now for over a week. I find it cleansing, refreshing; it is good for me.” (p.531)