It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

It's the tradition of American writers getting away in order to see the country - to get a better view.

I didn't really understand that Vipassana is a relatively new form of Buddhism that was based on the storage of pain. So the idea is that every time you don't scream, that's your Buddhist side.

You know the reason I love the stars is because we can't hurt them: we can't burn them, we can't melt them , we can't make them overflow, we can't flood them or burn them up—so we keep reacing for them

Dogs don't just like us, they love us, and they admire us. The big reason they admire us is we invented cars. They're like, "Yes, we get to go somewhere!" Go somewhere faster, with their head out the window, and their ears, like, "Yes! Yes!"

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.