Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to have some kind of guiding principle. A belief of some kind

The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together.