"It was curious what trying to speak English had done lately to his mind; it reminded him of studying poetry in college, words gaining and losing their meaning, overlapping with images, the curious ech..."
- Jess Walter
"I have this theory, that this will be the only city that future archaeologists find, Las Vegas. The dry climate will preserve it all and teams of scientists in the year 5000 will carefully sweep and s..."
"He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it."
"Always speak first to the toughest person in the room."
"all we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history, and character--what we believe--none of it is real; it's all part of the story ..."
"This is a love story, Michael Deane says. But, really, what isn’t? Doesn’t the detective love the mystery, or the chase, or the nosy female reporter, who is even now being held against her wishes at a..."
"The movie I was working on, "Cleopatra", it's about how destructive a force love can be. But maybe that's what every story is about."
"erhaps it was the difference in age between the countries—America with its expansive youth, building all those drive-in movie theaters and cowboy restaurants; Italians living in endless contraction, i..."
"He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision."
"Ideas are sphincters. Every asshole has one. Your take is what counts."