I've had an enduring appreciation of psychology.

The prospect of a long day at the beach makes me panic. There is no harder work I can think of than taking myself off to somewhere pleasant, where I am forced to stay for hours and 'have fun'.

Hedonism can be a rational response to a difficult life.

The essay must be artistically rendered: You must keep the reader engaged, whether with wit, conflict, mischief, and/or yes, with honesty.

Until people see poetry as springing from all of life, they will isolate it in a creativity corner and treat it like a mascot.

Most good essays are conversations with yourself - not just your decided thoughts but your dilemmas.

The trick is to realize that one is not important, except insofar as one’s example can serve to elucidate a more widespread human trait and make readers feel a little less lonely and freakish.

A personal essay often includes some or a lot of personal confession. That makes the reader feel less lonely in their confusion and darkness.

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer's and reader's experience.

Confession makes you a more trustworthy narrator.

In new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort.

Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.

It was all real and blazing with detail. But I was shadow, light as mist, mute as the wallpaper.

The loneliness comes to me in certain hours everyday, like a visitor. Like a friend you never expected, a friend you never really want to be with, but he always visit you and love you somehow,

Dance is the hidden language of the soul

Every stage of life must be well-lived.There are sacred moments to treasure in each stage.

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.

The world is not the illusion. It's you who are the illusion.

Obviously we can't do what we do if no one is paying attention.

I do like my hair being pulled from time to time, it's like a pair of reins, innit?

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]