A writer has a use for his experiences that most civilians simply don't; he or she discerns material in situations that others simply live through. Perhaps there are some who disapprove of this, but without this double consciousness, literature would not get made at all.

The most beautiful faces have some ugly in them.

Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.

The best anti-depressant pill for me would be one the size of a house so you could drop it on me and put me out of my misery.

Just breathing can be such a luxury sometimes.

Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying.

Requesting permission from someone to be honest is really a way of accusing the other person of being so demanding or overbearing that you couldn't be honest all along.