"I get a chance to see new bands and new music. I've seen a lot of amazing local bands, bands that I think 'have what it takes', that they could become the next big thing. More often than not it doesn't happen."

“The argument is not between adding features and simplicity, between adding capability and usability. The real issue is about design: designing things that have the power required for the job while maintaining understandabili ty, the feeling of control, and the pleasure of accomplishment.”

“The mercantile business did not suit me”

“My favourite animal is the koala, but his life would be boring. I would rather be a giraffe so that I could contemplate the beauty of Africa.”

“Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.”

“What if you could find brand new worlds, right here on Earth, where anything is possible? Same planet, different dimension. I've found the gateway.”

“Foolish talking and jesting are not the ways in which Christian cheerfulness should express itself, but rather "giving of thanks" (Eph. 5:4). Religion is the source of joy and gladness, but its joy is expressed in a religious way, in thanksgiving and praise.”

“One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley.”

“Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is a crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Dec 31, 2013