Death without the possibility of ever changing the world is the same as a life that never was.

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.

I tried to think of a witty play on Every picture tells a thousand words, but then the whole word/picture thing collapsed on me.

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.

Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. They’re an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make maps of the world, maps that let you know what sorts of people and situations to avoid.

We are all of us born with a letter inside us, and that only if we are true to ourselves, may we be allowed to read it before we die.

Death without the possibility of ever changing the world is the same as a life that never was.