Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

Be grateful with what you have, So you will live your life without regret.

I found myself being helped down to the car. That sort of help is actually a hindrance. If you ever see someone with a walking stick, that stick, and their arm, are actually a leg.

We should increase our development of alternative fuels, taking advantage of renewable resources, like using corn and sugar to produce ethanol or soybeans to produce biodiesel.

There should be no such thing as a vice law. Every vice is only a bad habit, and the punishment is inherent in the act.

I'm happy to work. I know things have changed recently, but I tend to prefer film. I don't know what it is.

From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.

Showing you pity doesn't do you any favors.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

There is love in this world, and it lives within us as who we really are, not who we think we are.

You don't see a lot of difference between the Gin Blossoms and the Byrds.