I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

Two-thirds of earth's surface is ocean, and all we can see with the naked eye is the surface.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works.

Every day I go to my study and sit at my desk and put the computer on. At that moment, I have to open the door. It's a big, heavy door. You have to go into the Other Room. Metaphorically, of course. And you have to come back to this side of the room. And you have to shut the door.

It depends on which reality you take and which reality I take.” (p. 318).

You can hide memories, but you can’t erase the history that produced them.