I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.

Either I'm funny or the world's funny. I don't know which. The bottle and lid don't fit. It could be the bottle's fault or the lid's fault. In either case, there's no denying that the fit is bad.

It was spring break, so the theater was always packed with high schools students. It was an animal house. I wanted to burn the place down.

You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world.

Human beings are ultimately nothing but carriers-passageways- for genes. They ride us into the ground like racehorses from generation to generation. Genes don't think about what constitutes good or evil. They don't care whether we are happy or unhappy. We're just means to an end for them. The only thing they think about is what is most efficient for them.