"Hemingway, Phil thinks, actually believed he took his rifle out for some other purpose than suicide and not until he actually shot himself was he aware that that was his intent. Not until he had actua…"

"I write to explore. I write to find out what I think. I write to discover what I believe."

"The only way to write is to write. There's no other way. You just have to sit down and do it."

"the bombardment of pseudo-realities begins to produce inauthentic humans very quickly, spurious humans—as fake as the data pressing at them from all sides."

"Not only that, but the moment a man has the answer to his life he dies."