I never would have thought of that word, "hospitality." I settle into the rhythm of my steps.

For me a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.

Nothing lasts, you see, not even the thoughts inside you. And you musn't waste your time looking for them. Once a thing is gone, that is the end of it.

Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.

The best filmmakers, I think, have always had very narrow frameworks for their stories, and then they can go deeply, rather than skimming the surface.

I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.

Farts come from no one and nowhere; they are anonymous emanations that belong to the group as a whole, and even when every person in the room can point to the culprit, the only sane course of action is denial.