“The conversations about human rights in China, they can be a little numbingly familiar after you talk about it.”

“We're talking about the novel, right? But maybe we're not. We're talking about ourselves. And I guess that's what can start to happen when you talk about a book.”

“Of course, we are against Taiwan's independence, but we don't think right now is the time to talk about reunification (with Mainland China).”

“I think, about a lot of these monsters is that there are these very central, basic, human emotions that you can talk about when you talk about these monsters. You can talk about Dracula’s longing for love, you can talk about the Mummy’s longing for love. So as messed up as they may be in terms of their behavior, and they are monsters, there always has to be a rooting and an understandable idea behind why they are who they are.”

“Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about.”

“Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.”

“People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.”

“You can talk about the 'how' and the 'what', but "when you get to the "why" it gets a little more difficult.”

“This may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about.. when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me.”

“You don’t get many men talking about personality disorders or schizophrenia. The mental health issues that people find scary aren’t talked about – that’s where the conversation needs to go.”