Born on June 26th

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"The ordinary experiences of aging alter and clarify your view of past, present, and future."

"Architecture is undistinguished, sometimes derelict, but occasionally, as in 'Post and Beam,' there is something arresting in a setting... the building behind the Cathedral."

"All the stories I write come from someone I've met or some anecdote I've heard."

"I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm."

"There's no rule I want to break or ever wanted to break - I find the conventional life gratifying - as long as I can sit at my typewriter, alone, for half a day."

"Tony Judt's remarkable 'The Memory Chalet' was written from the prison of mute immobility."

"I always loved to read, and I wanted to be part of the project of literature. My physical longevity is due to luck, and my literary longevity is due to my physical longevity."

"I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be."

"I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life."

"I think the computer is a hindrance to good writing because it is so tempting to leave what you've written. If you use a typewriter, you must retype if you make a mistake, and thus, you must re-examine every word."

"I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership."

"I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow."

"I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that."

"The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well."

"The market town of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, was a popular 19th - century English spa. Its mineral springs were supposed to be good for you. This was before the invention of bran. In the 20th century, Cheltenham grew into an active municipality."

"In the late 1950s, self-esteem hadn't yet been invented. High schools saw their sole mission as preparing students thoroughly for academic work."

"In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome."

"Never let anybody get you down. Never give in to people who say nasty things on the Internet. Work to represent women in the best way possible because, even though respect and equality for women has progressed over time, it's still not in the place that it should be."

"My dad has actually really influenced me musically. I have a weird love for '80s and '90s music. A lot of people are like, 'Are you serious? It's so lame.' But my dad always plays that in the car whenever we're together."

"If people love 'Gremlins' so much and 'Clueless,' 'Yoga Hosers' is not that weird. It is very weird, but compared to that stuff, it's not that different."

"I'll never get another first premiere again, especially at Sundance. I've just been trying to fully engage myself in everything that's going on, and I hope to see other movies here while I'm here! I really want to!"

"I'd like to be involved in 'SNL' somehow. I mean, being a permanent cast member is a stretch! That's pretty damned hard, but to host it one day would be a dream come true. And I would like to play the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn."

"I will not leave this Earth until I play Harley Quinn."

"My dad brought 'Clerks' to Sundance 22 years ago, and that's when his career started."