Good bands you can kind of lose, then come back and realize they're still good.

People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Mortal fear is as crucial a thing to our lives as love. It cuts to the core of our being and shows us what we are. Will you step back and cover your eyes? Or will you have the strength to walk to the precipice and look out?

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.

Funnily enough, it is the subject one dreads talking about at length one ends up talking about at length, often without the slightest provocation.

I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.