The thing with pretending you're in a good mood is that sometimes you can actually trick yourself into feeling better.

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.

You can't stand up to the night until you understand what's hiding in its shadows.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.

You don't have to be Michelangelo to teach basic art, just as you don't have to be Shakespeare to be able to teach the correct use of language.

Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in black turtlenecks and smoke Gitanes. I'd listen to cool jazz in clubs, getting up to read devastating truths from my notebook, leaning against the microphone, cigarette dangling from my hand.