“Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present.”
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”
“Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind.”
“Anyone who tells a story speaks a world into being.”
“Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.”
“That's all anyone has, and it's always brief, although, of course, some people believe they have a past where they can accumulate things and a future where they will accumulate still more. By the way, speaking of the present moment, do you masturbate a lot?”