Life is rarely about what happened; it's mostly about what we think happened.

This made her remember why people take up walking: It is because they no longer have anywhere to go.

The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.

I love sports, but I don't like live sporting events, because I don't like sitting in the crowd. I like listening to records, but I don't like going to concerts, because I don't like standing in the crowd. I guess I just don't like being in the crowd itself.

The last girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably.

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.