Character Quote by Steve Toltz

“To my horror principles have wormed their way into [the] fabric of my being.”

— Steve Toltz

I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing.

— Steve Toltz

“The problem is most of the time when God’s supposed to be the hero, he comes across as the villain. I mean, look at…

— Steve Toltz

[I'll teach you] how not to leave the windows of your heart open when it looks like rain and how everyone has a stump…

— Steve Toltz

...I thought how I hate any kind of mob - I hate mobs of sports fans, mobs of environmental demonstrators, I even hate mobs…

— Steve Toltz

I was in the hospital and I was paralyzed and I went through all of these things. I've had all of these crazy experiences…

— Steve Toltz

Let’s not mince words: the inside of the Sydney casino looks as if Vegas had an illegitimate child with Liberace’s underpants, and that child…

— Steve Toltz

Optimism isn't funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It's exaggeration.

— Steve Toltz

There's nothing perplexing to me about a leafy shrub evolving out of the big bang, but that the post office exists because carbon exploded…

— Steve Toltz

The game is an analogy for life: there are not enough chairs or good times to go around, not enough food, not enough joy,…

— Steve Toltz

“Don't touch me, you fat ghost!”

— Steve Toltz

Raymond Chandler I love a lot, and the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard. I really love his voice.

— Steve Toltz