Some things are forgotten, some things disappear, some things die.

Writing talent is similar to the art of chatting up a girl. You can improve to a certain degree through practice, but basically you are either born with it or you aren't.

What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real.

I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do." "A rule?" "If you have to choose between something that has form and something that doesn't, go for the one without form. That's my rule. Whenever I run into a wall I follow that rule, and it always works out. Even if it's hard going at the time.

If you're young and talented, it's like you have wings.

The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.

That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.