You don't have to follow anybody's rules.

You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal.

Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.

L.A is a huge place, literally and metaphorically. Its beauty and horror. Its unconventional history. Its draw and allure. Its diversity and segregation.

I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.

Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond words beyond beyond beyond and it speaks now and it says. Stay. Fight. Live. Take it.

You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible.