The very genetic determinism I posited in World's End as a way of shaking off my inherited demons is being proven in fact as we map out the human genome.
Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.
To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.
If the Best is yet to come, the Present will blend with it Beautifully.
Because if you don't know someone all that well, you react to their surface qualities, the superficial stereotypes-they throw off like sparks. But once you fight through the sparks and get to the person, you find just that, a person, a big jumble of likes, dislikes, fears, and desires.
We are the witnesses to the miracle. We are put here by creation, by God. . . . We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate.
Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.
If you're part of a record company, you're a manufactured product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented.
I can kill a dog in six ways. Five of them are throwing missiles at it.