The amazing miracle of death, when one second you're walking and talking, and the next second you're an object.

Get married before the sex gets boring or you'll never get married.

Every day: Wear sunblock. Cover your gray. Do not go insane. Eat less fats and sugars. Do more sit-ups. Don’t start forgetting stuff. Trim the hair in your ears. Take calcium. Moisturize. Every day. Freeze in time to stay in one place forever. Do not get frigging old.

The money is in television. Books are not the dominant medium of our time, so fewer people will create them. In a sad way, books have become a form of "comfort food" we expect to lull us to sleep.

To repeat, the way you get to the huge, impossible yes is, you start collecting a lot of easy, small yeses.

From famous artists to building contractors, we all want to leave our signature. Our lasting effect. Your life after death. We all want to explain ourselves. Nobody wants to be forgotten.

She drank a glass of wine and looked for something new to ruin with her lack of talent.