If you don't feel an overwhelming sense of emotion when you listen to music, then you're listening to the wrong kind.

Interviewer: "What's the best thing you've learned on Idol?"Dalton Rapattoni: "Double-tie your shoelaces.

Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.

I wish I'd watched less TV.

For a bad hangover take the juice of two quarts of whisky.

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have a book out.

The number of rooms in a fictional house should be inversely proportional to the years during which the couple living in that house enjoyed true happiness.

I take care of myself, because I learned early on that I am the only person in life who's responsible for me.

Hearing that I'd come so close to dying should've terrified me, but all I could muster up was a weary "This day sucks.

We're very concerned with language and how language works. We're trying to engage people rather than dictate how they should be thinking.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.