“Keep a demon busy, I thought. Right. Maybe he fancies a game of Tiddlywinks.”

“Socrates was likewise right that pissing people off is how we first, and maybe best, go about the business of provoking thought.”

“I’ll keep it short and sweet - Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.”

“All right, he thought, so the details were not perfect. But maybe, in a sense, that was part of the magic, too.”

“Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with the seven-layer dip… And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game."
Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot, I thought. And make you sing Soprano for a week.”

“I thought maybe he was seeing another tree. - Juniper”

“He wasn't what I'd thought he was; maybe he never had been. I wasn't what I'd thought I was, either.”

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.”

“This is not some silly game… This is life and death Angels and demons.”

“I don't think about anything," he says, "No thoughts at all! I think about not getting killed… that keeps me busy… One more day is one more day-That's what I think!”