I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.

I'm a fish swimming by...catch me if you want me.

I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist.

Don't hoard the past. Don't cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge.

Just because a poet said something didn’t mean it was true, only that it sounded good.

When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?

The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.