Sam Savage Professions : Novelist Born : November 9, 1940 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Sam Savage Sometimes I think that all anyone needs in life is lots of popcorn and a few Lovelies Sam Savage popcorn needs thinking I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory Sam Savage forever memories thinking I really do think that art can save you in some sense. It's the last meaning, unless you're religious-and I'm not religious. It's the only secular vehicle for transcendence we have. It's an immediate self-validating experience. It lifts you beyond your mortal clay. Sam Savage religious art thinking It is practically an axiom in psychiatry that precocious intellect combined with physical weakness can give rise to many unpleasant character traits - avarice, delusions of grandeur , and obsessive masturbation, to name just a few. Sam Savage names giving character I had learned from my reading that you can do really awful things when you are bored, things that are bound to make you miserable. In fact, you do them in order to become miserable, so you won't have to be bored anymore. Sam Savage bored reading order Unrequited love is bad, but unrequitable love can really get you down. Sam Savage unrequited unrequited-love love-is Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors