My parents treat me like I'm 14. They make me clean my room and stuff like that. They're always like "I don't care what MTV says you are.".

Just because today is a terrible day doesn't mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

The hardest thing about depression is that it is addictive. It begins to feel uncomfortable not to be depressed. You feel guilty for feeling happy.

Music never leaves you alone, and punk rock will always be there when nothing else will.

Everyone you idolize wakes up scared to be themselves sometimes.

And there are people that will stand in your corner and convince you to stand up for another round no matter what.

Our brains may lie to us, but our hearts never do.

Sometimes when it looks like I'm deep in thought I'm just trying not to have a conversation with people.

It takes knowledge to know something. It takes guts to do what you know.

Being surrounded by six Brendons is so not fun.

All this wondering was the weather vane on top of the building of unrest and of discontent

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship – never.

The pain of failure had led me to understand that technical excellence was a moral requirement.

Writers live twice.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.

Hey, dont hate the player, hate the team.