"The Eskimo has fifty-two names for snow because it is important to them; there ought to be as many for love."

"I don’t consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin."

"You can't save anyone from themselves."

"You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it."

"Sanity is a valuable possession; I hoard it like a miser."