“There is an enduring freshness in what remains strange and obscure which the cliches of greatness can only evoke nostalgia for.”

“I love the smell of a new book, but I prefer inhaling fresh bottles of ink and glue. They get me more lightheaded – unless I read the book.”

“So many things happen that we can't control, its best not to worry about what we can. Believing you can change the world has a terrible effect on one's ego.”

“You can always tell the quality of an author by their cover picture. Bad writers bear an idiotic smile on the inside flap. Great writers take up the entire back cover looking slightly mad, sad, or bored. The very best writers, though, had the superior ability to die before photography was invented.”

“Treat each other like human beings? But the other great apes have no class hierarchy.”

“When a person encounters his own statue and takes a hammer to it, performance art adds depth to greatness.”

“The only way to tell a fable is to introduce a human. The only way to tell a proverb is to introduce your grandfather.”