"...when I look over at Luis in one brief flashing moment his head looks like a talking vagina and it scares the bejesus out of me..."

"What keeps me interested--and it always does--is how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality?"

"The images I had were of people being driven mad by living in the city. Images of parents who were so hungry and unfulfilled that they ate their own children."

"Lastly, races bring a lot of energy into your focus on running, and are (usually) a good time."

"This sport is the sport to see what you are made of, so use those expert's advice, but be free to be your own champion runner, picking and choosing advice you enjoy and that works best for you."

"Always take the long term view and train and race smart, with a bit of caution."

"I believe 100 per cent in continued running after 40, and racing too, if one so desires."

"With with these points in mind go forth, enjoy Mother Nature, and celebrate your return to what you're supposed to do, live as an athlete."

"I often lose motivation, but its something I accept as normal."

"That's fine; we runners are, after all, up for a challenge."

"One key to success is not to make your diet too complicated.

"The marathon can humble you."

"My biggest weakness as a endurance athlete has been in not drinking enough water after training, thereby racing sometimes while dehydrated."

"I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results."

"I want to run until I can't run."

"If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk."

"You cannot always run at your best."

"I ran my fastest marathon in the rain."

"Every race is totally different."

"I like rain, actually."

"Let your running lead you to your diet."

"To be a consistent winner means preparing not just one day, one month or even one year - but for a lifetime."

"Being a runner means you are now "free" to win and lose and live life to its fullest."

"My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble."

"Hills are terrific for running."

"I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis."

"I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc."

"I believe in gradual experimentation with running shoes."

"Anybody can be a runner... We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport."

"The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport."

"Age 50 is a lot tougher than 40s."

"After a while you learn that everything stops."

"People are afraid to merge."

"But I don't want to wear a condom because I don't feel anything," and she says calmly... glaring at me,"If you don't use one you're not going to feel anything anyway."

"I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him."

"How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to?"

"This is true: the world is better off with some people gone. Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is crock. Some people truly do not need to be here."

"...if you're alone nothing bad can happen to you."

"And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn't matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst"

"Who is this girl? Why is she alive? Wonder if I should leave right now. Get up and say, 'Goodnight fuck-ups, it's been a sheer sensation and I hope I never see any of you again,' and leave?"

"I've been accused of being very vain about my apathy."

"Baby, when you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live. You know you did, you know you did, you know you did."

"People can get accustomed to anything, right? Habit does things to people."

"I'm resourceful," Price is saying. "I'm creative, I'm young, unscrupulous, highly motivate, highly skilled. In essence what I'm saying is that society cannot afford to lose me. I'm an asset"

"Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases I’m tortured by."

"I want to take you away from this," I say, motioning around the kitchen, spastic. "From sushi and elves and... STUFF."

"My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone."

"If all of your friends are morons is it a felony, a misdemeanor or an act of God if you blow their fucking heads off with a thirty-eight magnum?"

"I want to moan and writhe with you and I want to go up to you and kiss your mouth and pull you to me and say "I love you I love you I love you" while stripping. I want you so bad it stings."

"I want to moan and writhe with you and I want to go up to you and kiss your mouth and pull you to me and say "I love you I love you I love you" while stripping. I want you so bad it stings."