“If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse.”

“There's atoms, which is things that is too small to see, that's what we're all made of. And there's things that are smaller than atoms, and that's Particle Physics."Bod nodded and decided that Scarlett's father was probably interested in imaginary things.”

“You're always you, and that don't change, and you're always changing, and there's nothing you can do about it.”

“The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"And the answer is: Confluence. Things come together. The right ingredients and suddenly: Abracadabra!”

“One thing I've learned: you can know anything, it's all there, you just have to find it.”

“The important thing about songs is that they're just like stories. They don't mean a damn unless there's people listenin' to them.”

“There's one thing you can say for air pollution, you get utterly amazing sunrises.”