One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.

...falling in love could be achieved in a single word—a glance.

come back, come back to me

Imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion, and it is the beginning of morality.

I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.

True intelligence requires fabulous imagination.

When its gone, you'll know what a gift love was. you'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

I believe the novella is the perfect form of prose fiction. It is the beautiful daughter of a rambling, bloated ill-shaven giant (but a giant who's a genius on his best days).

I'm holding back, delaying the information. I'm lingering in the prior moment because it was a time when other outcomes were still possible.

Observing human variety can give pleasure, but so too can human sameness.

Shine forth your light before all beings.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.

May each one of us glorify the Lord with the soul of Mary and rejoice in God with the spirit of Mary

All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

When I do something good, the audience lets me know immediately. They laugh. That's it.

Don't ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure.

With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

The best aspects of every vampire, with all of their gifts, what makes them really special is just an enhanced version of what they were when they were human.