The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself.

Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them.

You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.

Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.

Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.

If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.