I'm a very anxious, nervy kind of loser in many ways, and I get very stressed and a little tense.

Do you know what punishments I've endured for my crimes, my sins? None. I am proof of the absurdity of men's most treasured abstractions. A just universe wouldn't tolerate my existence.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

There's a shortage in this world of I believe in you. So say love...you never know who might need it.

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.

Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.

If you worry about what everyone is trying to do, you become a spectator and not a player.

Put on some armor. Just remember what's armor and what's you, so when it's time to take it off, you can.

Don't worry about what others think about you; worry about what they think of themselves when they're with you.

If you looked busy, you could get away with almost anything.

I try to have all my characters have a sense of humor. To me the most interesting thing is a desperate character. I think desperation is funny.

The downhill path is easy, but there's no turning back.

Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pygmies, and not be the biggest pygmie that he can? Let everyone mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made

What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun.

It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.

The art of medicine in the season lies: Wine given in season oft will benefit, Which out of season injures.

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.

The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.

The call of God is what gets you out of bed everyday, not a burden for something.