Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.

Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.

In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.

I've loved all of my time here.

Writing is only the frosting on my cake. Im whole without it.

A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and simple truth. Because nobody ever believes it.

I have found that it's not so much how you start, but how you finish that counts." -Declan

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

Anything that we think is incredible and beautiful and wonderful, we ascribe to something that we don't know what it is.

LA runs on optimism, enthusiasm and flattery. I think you can go a little bit crazy... It's just too damn sunny in every dimension - weatherwise, socially and professionally.

People are still tied to their hoods, and it's usually not the artist, it's usually the friends and instigators who get it popping.

[Alessandro Michele] is finally made clothing for men that is as fun to wear as the clothes that women get to wear. That's not often the case. There's a sense of joy and celebration in it.

India is once again ready to play the role of 'Vishvaguru' and work towards the benefit of mankind.

The thing that I'm most in love with is the thing that I'm writing at the moment.

Living, it's awful for me.