I express things through characters because I have a fear that my own voice is irritating because that's been said to me.

I never really thought of myself as depressed so much as paralyzed by hope.

My mom doesn't post on Facebook, but she'll tell anyone within about the first five minutes of meeting them about my sister and I, in whatever way she can.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

The truth is, Japan is headed for crisis. We are in the hands of greedy businessmen and weak politicians. Such people will see to it poverty grows every day.

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.

If you want peace then you must struggle for social justice.

Don't fake enthusiasms. Say what you think, not what you think you ought to think.

After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner.

What you lack in one department, you make up for it in another

It has been asserted that we are destined to know the dark beyond the stars before we comprehend the nature of our own journey.

The internet is something created largely by public funding.