If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.
From Douglas Coupland
When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and they're going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture.
Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.
I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.
The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
I've always felt like an alien trapped in a human form. We all do at some time or other; for me it's a permanent state, and I'm still unsure if Earth is a penance or a reward.
Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you want to get out there.
Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.
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