I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. Standing on the edge of something much too deep.

I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Theres beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, thats harder than others.

We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.

Know that we have met before and that we will meet again. I will find my way to you in the next life, and every life after that.

Lazy and indifferent the heron returns

Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.

Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.

Learn a little patience. You never know what might be around the corner.

Has the mathematical abilities of a Clydesdale.

When I was 3, my father stopped coming home.

A frog would leap from a throne of gold into a puddle.

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours - and thrived on it.

I never wanted to get out of a place as much as I did to get out of the presidency.