What I mean is sometimes, for an artist, chronic pain can be a gift.

Maybe this is why Misty loved him. Loved you. Because you believed in her so much more than she did. You expected more from her than she did from herself.

I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

Does it hurt very much to die? Well, sweetheart, yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

So here I am. This is as good as it gets. Take it or leave it.

The world can be a lot bet­ter than we set­tle for. All you have to do is ask.

We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.