“Like a cartoon world, where the figures are flat and outlined in black, jerking through some kind of goofy story that might be real funny if it weren't for the cartoon figures being real guys... ”
“The cartoon me writes the books cartoon people read in the cartoon world, because they need things to read there too.”
“He likes to pretend he lives inside the comic books. I guess a fake life inside a cartoon is a lot better than his real life.”
“Sigh. Here's another fine woman that historians can't believe was real. Of course she was real. Not only is there a splendid Chinese poem called "The Ballad of Mulan", there is also an excellent cartoon by Disney.”
“Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.”
“Figure out what is real for you. No use leaning on someone else's story all your life.”