"People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all."
"It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere."
"Just think: in all the clean, beautiful reaches of the solar system, our planet alone is a blot; our planet alone has death."
"Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone."
"A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all."
"I would like to learn, or remember, how to live."
