a manual for how to build a mentally ill child

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.

One of the things that makes Wittgenstein a real artist to me is that he realized that no conclusion could be more horrible than solipsism.

If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.

I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants.

How odd I can have all this inside me and to you it’s just words.

Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.

I am giving my best in the pursuit of my most cherished dreams.

We have conquered everything, and everything has slipped out of our grasp.

Never be SARCASTIC. A clever remark might gain you a few laughs but the butt of your remarks will be offended and will remember you for it.

What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them.

Let us now praise Barack Obama.

If you're patient and you wait long enough, something will usually happen and it'll usually be something you don't like.

When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

An hour's terror is better than a lifetime of timidity.