“But see, that's the thing about movies. Nothing is left to the imagination. You read a book, and you see a picture of the characters and the scenes in your mind. You don't have that with a movie. It's all either up there on the screen laid out for you, or it isn't there at all.”

“Most of us walk through our daily lives as if we were asleep. We regard not what is before our eyes. We see not how we construct fantasies of our own and others' intentions without having the smallest knowledge of what we, or they, are truly about. We are all imaginists, storytellers if you will, and the pity is that none of us recognizes his sorry state.”

“Be where you are right now. Live your life. You are only hurting your chances by struggling so . . . .”

“You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all did a lot less of it”

“I cannot imagine a world in which one can read Jane Austen only once.”

“They say the truth will set you free, but what nobody tells you is that sometimes the truth will also make you miserable.”

“It seems there is nothing I cannot find out from my oracle, the computer.”