The love of aman is like a drop of color into something clear.

Everything that we love will, at some point, be taken away from us. If I think about everyone I love eventually being taken away from me by death, or simply by getting lost from each...

They help me understand myself better.

As a single parent, I had become tyrannical in order to survive, and anything I couldn’t control caused me enormous anxiety. As a naturally untidy, disorganised man who never made lists or kept receipts, morphing...

In the end I didn’t know who I was crying for, but it was something my body wanted to do, as though trying to digest grief.

In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning...

The very best and the very worst of life will come from [their] ability to love strangers.

Like surgeons trying to save a life, the conservators and preservers at New York City museums dedicate themselves to ensuring the longevity of works of art for public view.

Every day is a masterpiece, even if it crushes you.

I once saved someone from drowning.

Love requires imagination more than experience.

I think John Coltrane is one of the great American heroes, like Abraham Lincoln and Emily Dickinson.

He realized this early on, and realized too that what people think are their lives are merely its conditions. The truth is closer than thought and lies buried in what we already know.

The most frustrating part of trying to direct everything is not that it alienates you from people who genuinely want to help, but that it’s actually impossible.

[I] read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.

I think anyone can fall in love, if you’re open and you’re willing, but the real test is sustaining it after all the excitement has worn off.