Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it.

Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study; a constant process of honing. Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.

A dimwit thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean.

Everyone needs a hobby, he said. And everyone needs a miracle or two, just to prove life is more than just one long trudge from the cradle to the grave.

It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged and found wanting.

And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

Hearts are tough, Most times they don't break. Most times they are only bend