There is no shame in impulse.

It'd be preposterous for me to propose a universal cure to loneliness but I will say that people who do the things they find interesting, either creatively or vocationally, tend to become unlonely very quickly.

Ski boots are the worst. Solid plastic. They'll be around till the sun goes supernova.

Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity.

My brain feels like a cool, deep lake.

Q: If you could be an animal, what kind of animal would you be? A: You already are an animal.

And then sometimes I think the people to feel saddest for are people who once knew what profoundness was, but who lost or became numb to the sensation of wonder – people who closed the doors that leads us into the secret world – or who had the doors closed for them by time and neglect and decisions made in times of weakness.