I feel like I am involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell me the rules, and who smiles all the time.

Watch out for that pedestrian!" "It's on the street, it knows the risks it's taking!

Often you will discover that the harder you work, and the more wisely you work, the luckier you get. But there is luck, and it helps.

It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. That's what it means to be an American. That's the miracle of America. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

Continuity isn't actually something that I ever worry about. You use it where you need to, and you don't use it where you don't need to.

I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy.

Well," he said, "f’r example, if they ask where you’ve come from, you could say ‘Behind me,’and if they asked where you’re going, you’d say ‘In front of me.