To go on and on about your soul is to miss the whole point of life. I could say that with more certainty if I knew the whole point of life.

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little play.

I studied art history and philosophy and took economics and political science classes. I just took whatever I wanted and I didn't worry about grades and I read and learned a lot, and I didn't have much of a social life, so it was deeply absorbing.

He’s just another man who wants to teach me something.

You have to know where the funny is, and if you know where the funny is, you know everything.

There are certain people who do not feel like they were raised by wolves, and they are the ones who make the world tick. They are the ones who keep everything functioning so the rest of us can worry about what sort of person we should be.

It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return.