We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.

For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.

When you already believe something, how can you suddenly stop? When you are a loyal friend, how can you no longer be one?

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

We all hate moral ambiguity in some sense, and yet it is also absolutely necessary. In writing a story, it is the place where I begin.

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should do this. It will look good.' Or 'I'll write like this because it will impress that critic.'

Those who don't heed the warnings don't live to admit they were stupid not to do so.