That is one thing I've learned, that it is possible to really understand things at certain points, and not be able to retain them, to be in utter confusion just a short while later. I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try to call on it, just like a lightbulb cracking off when you throw the switch.

Seeing images of violence - it's always about how somebody's going to kill you.

One must not be shy where language is concerned.

It's always better to have too much to read than not enough.

She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth.