I think, The world is actually huge. That's the part no one can really explain.

The bottom line is that I like my first drafts to be blind, unconscious, messy efforts; that's what gets me the best material.

Everybody sounds stoned, because they're e-mailing people the whole time they're talking to you.

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.

a swell of gratitude and appreciation for his assistant, as opposed to the murderous rage he felt toward the rest of his staff

Structural dissatisfaction: Returning to circumstances that once pleased you, after having experienced a more thrilling or opulent way of life, and finding that you can no longer tolerate them.

The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL.