Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.

Because things like this you can only ssay once. And you either get it wrong or right, it's the end either way, because it's too hard to ever try to say again.

By and large... the good's an illusion, little fables folks tell themselves so they can get through their days without screaming too much.

It is the tale, not he who tells it.

Tracking account planning is rather like counting a mixed batch of tropical fish. You think you see patterns, but they've all changed by the time you've finished counting.

For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.