“...WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY...that counts?...that carries meaning?...that made the day worthwhile?...what will you do tomorrow?”

“And then ... perhaps someone will write a book about making a film about a story that is taken from this book which is taken from a real-life story that was copied from a story in a book. You know?”

“Stories are how we connect. Evolution isnt seriously about thumbs but about how we use language thats what raises us above dumb animals, right? Language?”

“Telling stories to make himself into something that he isnt. We all do it. We all tell stories to make ourselves look better.”

“At some point the body offers only disappointment.”

“You think those cats care? You think other animals watch each other go at it and it does something for them?Like cat-porn.”

“There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped down to a single essential truth, the thing that is a...”

“I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later...”

“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.All of them?Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, cap...”