those who use the word 'lifestyle' are rarely in possession of either.

My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.

It's very disheartening to encounter a fearful twenty-one year old. They haven't earned the right to be that afraid. It's not like we're living in war-torn Bosnia or something.

I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.

Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it right the seventh time.

What starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love. What stops it is waking up.