You do not 'suffer' if you decide 'that's the way it is' rather than 'why is it this way?'

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he’s asleep.

Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.

Human beings will line up for miles to buy a bucket of catastrophes, but don't try selling sunshine and light - you'll go broke.

You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.