It's so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.

Don't be afraid of your dark places. ... If you can shine a light on them, you'll find treasure there.

Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?

God deals us all different hands. How we play 'em is up to us.

But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.