I never met a writer who wasn't lazy.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Love is the luckiest tenant in the world, living in the hearts of men and women rent free.

Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed.

There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

Scientists have shown that because positive and open mindsets produce exploration and experiential learning, they also come to produce more-accurate mental maps of the world.

If we hooked up, he could write me ballads and stuff. You gotta admit, nothing's sexier than a guy who writes music.

Losers assemble in small groups & complain, winners assemble as a team & find ways to win.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

Pushing the boundaries of what is expected of you is important to me.

Xs were used because there was no mass literacy - a state we are rapidly approaching once more.

If you tax too high, the revenue will yield nothing.