A life based on [religious] faith is a life based on pure speculation, and speculation is, by its very definition, unsound.

Reason is neutral. It has no biases. It has no agendas. There are no personal interests at stake. Reason simply says, “Here is the data, be responsible with it.” As such, reason is impartial.

Life gives you what you expect, what you are prepared to put up with or can change.

Mr. Rip Wan winkle, be a star that twinkle.

I could impart excitement, but not urgency. – Francis Chen

I also write poems, so that is something that I really enjoy.

I vaguely remember doing [all my] photo sessions, but definitely there were some surprises there for me.

I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.

I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.

An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms.

It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.

Always leave a sinking ship. There's no virtue in hanging on to losers. And stocks don't have feelings.