Don't let the door hitcha where the good Lord splitcha.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly.

It was like drowning, only from the inside out.

The past is obdurate.

I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but for me the music is just another way of shutting the door.

And I guess you judge how well you're doing by how well you sleep at night... and what your dreams are like.