The goal of being alive is to figure out what it means to be alive.
Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.
I was a teenager in the ’80s – and maybe I’m wrong about this – but it seemed like a bad era for movies that were scary. It was really the height of movies that were disgusting.
Instead, we were given a publication called the Weekly Reader, which was like a newspaper for four-foot illiterates.
It might sound chauvinistic, but there is a sad reality in rock music: Bands who depend on support from females inevitably crash and burn.
In New York, people are unhappy on purpose, because unhappiness makes them seem more complex; in Washington DC it just sort of works out that way.
Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.
This made her remember why people take up walking: It is because they no longer have anywhere to go.
Somewhere, at some point, somehow, somebody decided that death equals credibility.
As of right now, I am in love with her, and that love is the biggest problem in my life.
If you’re the type of person who wants to associate exclusively with those who perfectly mirror your own ethical worldview, you’re reducing significantly the scope of your potential life experience.
Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they’re honest about everything.
If you don’t have a job, you don’t have a fear of losing it. You fear having to get one.
We all eventually become whatever we pretend to hate.
The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.
I’m really an alarmist when it comes to epidemics. Swine flu now; when SARS was big, I was all freaked out about that, bird flu. That terrifies me.
It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure.
I doubt that pornography has been good for the advancement of society, but I suspect it’s done wonders for the advancement of computer technology.
Maybe I could survive in one of those resort prisons where they house white-collar criminals. I’ve always wanted to get better at tennis.
I want fake love. But that’s all I want, and that’s why I can’t have it.