“We live in a world of banal miracles.”

“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...”

“What business does memory have with time?”

“Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.”

“This is a love story, Michael Deane says. But, really, what isnt? Doesnt the detective love the mystery, or the chase, or the nosy female reporter, who is even now being held against her wishes at ...”

“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.”

“We all have the same root, and are connected...To tap into this connectedness we must go within.”

“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”

“I'd rather be on the ground than underTo feel the heavy rain and the thunder.”