Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring.

I always had a hard time with fiction. It does feel like driving a car in a clown suit. You're going somewhere, but you're in costume, and you're not really fooling anybody. You're the guy in costume, and everybody's supposed to forget that and go along with you. Obviously, it can work, it works all the time - well, it doesn't always work. Still, no matter what, I'm always looking at the form and addressing it, not ignoring it.

I'm an amateur science enthusiast. I'm not even a professional enthusiast. I don't know anything; I never even passed biology in high school. But I read the science section of the newspaper.

She pulls away, pats me on the shoulder with three mini-pats, like those used to pet reptiles.

I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Giant Peach'.

You're breaking out of character, again.

It is no way to live, to wait to love.