I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

Had a dream, I was King, I woke up, still King

Love is just a word, but you bring it definition.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

I shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing the stars.

You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.

When I say or do something I do it, I don't give a damn what you think, I'm doing this for me.

Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them.

Just be yourself, the minute you start being yourself youre gonna win.

You know what I think? I think that the world never got the time to hate me. It just wanted to hate me long before it met me.

Writing is not for me. I completely lose my sense of humor when I write. I become extremely pathetic, very sensational. Images give me possibilities that I don't have with words.

Sausage making and policy-making shouldn't be seen close-up.

The novel does not simply recount experience, it adds to experience.

I have a lot of favorite films. I tend to love the silliness of 'Bringing Up Baby.' 'Charade' is fantastic. 'His Girl Friday,' the banter in that, that alone made me want to be a writer.

If we live long enough, we become caricatures of ourselves.

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

Once you've created a connection of empathy, rational arguments can play a supportive role.

One night, Don Henley called, and I told him, 'I'm washing dishes and bike shorts.' He said, 'It's in the domestic exercises of life that one will find the biggest inspiration.' And he was right.

... the kids do what no one expects them to do. That's progress.