The universe is merely a fleeting idea in God's mind -- a pretty uncomfortable thought, particularly if you've just made a down payment on a house.

She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak.

I never considered myself an artist. I aspire to be an artist, but I never thought I had the depth or substance or gift to be an artist. I do think I have some talent, but it doesn't go as far as being an artist.

If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.

The heart wants what it wants. There's no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that's that.

There's nothing wrong with you that a little Prozac and a polo mallet can't cure.

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer. Not to love is to suffer.