Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.

All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, An emptiness above-- Know that you aren't alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all your years.

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

I am certainly not allergic to causes - particularly on subjects such as religious intolerance.