"I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation"

“One great hope lies in the fact that there is a new consciousness in our World, particularly among young people.”

“I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who actually ask me to be more, because they see it in me.”

Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (Enhanced Edition): A Novel”, p.131, Knopf

“I think there are some mass destruction capabilities that are still inside Iraq. I think there's some weapons that have been shipped over the border to Syria. But I don't think we're going to find that their capabilities provided the imminent threat that many feared in this country. So I think it's going to be a tough search, but I think there's stuff there.”

“Just as man can't exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one's rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.”

“My daughter is a redneck woman, she's a redneck girl.”

“Don't be precious about anything-much less a certain guitar sound. There is always another interesting sound or effect just waiting to be discovered.”

“A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.”

Source : Interview with Bertrand Benoit, Andrew Gowers, www.ft.com. July 20, 2005.

“But if I didn’t want to be alone, then why didn’t I want to be with anyone else?”