“It’s the time wasting that gets you somewhere.”

“Nothing about art is a waste of time. "It's the time wasting that gets you somewhere.”

“It's when I'm around some people that my entire vocabulary goes on vacation. Like now, when Dave's walking next to me wearing an old black singlet and board shorts and the tattoo of a bird on his wrist, every single word in my head except "no" and "huh" is lying somewhere on a beack getting a suntan”

“I am trying to bend the laws of time so I can get here five minutes earlier”

“To the train yard,' she says and pushes on the pedals. We don't move. `Anytime,' I tell her. `You know. While we're still young and beautiful.' She pushes hard again. `You weigh a tonne.' `You need me to drive?' `I need momentum, that's all. Get off.'`You're very charming, but you must hear that all the time.' `Get off,' she says.`I'll ride and you run after me and jump on the bike.' `Do many guys ask you out twice?' `Only the ones with balls.”

“You know, Leo's brother's hooking me up with a car when I get my license. I'm making you get in while it's moving.”

“For a while, for as long as you're looking at it, that painting is the world and you get to be in it.”