"I am an instigator of the national energies."

“Las Vegas turns women into men and men into idiots.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Michael Kruse made the point that, on the one hand, this seems all totally unprecedented in American politics; on the other hand, it seems somehow utterly predictable in the context of the personality of Donald Trump.”

“I wouldn't underestimate the power of writing a letter.”

Source : Source: www.wbur.org

“Uncle Jeb," we croaked in surprise. "You found us." "Well, now," he said, and his gruff voice brought back a hundred memories. "Well, now, here's a pickle.”

“I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“Preacher who says that the sweet life is made from bitter parts is more or less telling those who have come to mourn the teenage suicide that this is just one bitter ingredient in the sweet thing foreordained by the benevolent god. To which I want to shake my fist and say: There is not one sweet thing about it. It is only bitter.”

Source : "To Rage Against Meaninglessness". Interview with Matt Bell, logger.believermag.com. February 6, 2014.

“The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost.”

“One afternoon a girl walked by in a bikini and my cousin Janet scoffed, “Look at the hips on her.” I panicked. What about the hips? Were they too big? Too small? What were my hips? I didn’t know hips could be a problem. I thought there was just fat or skinny. This was how I found out that there are an infinite number of things that can be “incorrect” on a woman’s body.”