I opened my mouth to tell her that everything would be okay, but the words melted like sugar on my tongue-sweet yet insubstantial.

Maddock stabbed his fried egg with his fork, and bright yellow yolk bled all over his plate like a sunshine hemorrhage.

I believe the vital ingredient is love—a state of caring and compassion that is so deep and genuine that the barriers we erect around the self are transcended.

I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

I'ma forgive all the people that took my kindness as weakness. I'ma forgive anyone who never hit me back. I'ma forgive all ya'll. I won't forget.

Paris is so beautiful. Mr. President, you should really think about going there sometime.

You always hear about the guy who was raised by wolves. You never hear about the guy who was raised by the guy who was raised by wolves. The problem is, you have a non-wolf imparting wolf teachings.

I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything.

If you're the sort of person that likes a job where once you know what you're doing you can keep doing what you're doing, don't ever become a film composer.

I was losing sight of the wolf ahead of me; the one inside me seemed closer all of a sudden.

For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.