Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

I spent a lot of time vacillating between wanting to be seen as attractive, being terrified by too much attention, and wanting to succeed and fit in without anyone's noticing me.

Be prepared to say “no” to some things. That is the key. When you say “yes” to every invitation, event and call, you will come back to meet you plans on the paper in the same state you left them.

Let us light up the fire, the wind is so calm and the night is falling - i see ur lips shiver and i can feel ur breath humping up.

You should think about your own death 3 times per day at the very least.

I dream of a vegan world - that's where I want everything to go.

I do get lots of links to advance screeners, which helps, but there's no way I could do my job without the full-on cable subscription.

All writers are exiles wherever they live and their work is a lifelong journey towards the lost land.

Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan.

Here Lies Julius Schwartz. He met his last deadline.

And he departed from our sight that we might return to our hearts and find him there. For he left us, and behold, he is here.