Nobody's easier to fool, than the person who is convinced that he is right.

Whether in music or in fiction, the most basic thing is rhythm. Your style needs to have good, natural, steady rhythm, or people won't keep reading your work.

Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning. Which is where religion comes from.

Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.

If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.

One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.

Overhead, the two moons worked together to bathe the world in a strange light.