I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.

We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.

Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.

To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one.

There isn't so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on the last night of my life; I'd spent the rest of it being afraid of everything.