People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.

its hard to talk when you want to kill yourself

That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.

So why am I depressed? That's the million-dollar question, baby, the Tootsie Roll question; not even the owl knows the answer to that one. I don't know either. All I know is the chronology.

I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.

I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time.

She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.

Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.

I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.

I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.

I know sometimes life can be painful, my tiger. But, remember, if you can’t change what’s happened today, you must bide your time, until you’re strong enough to fight tomorrow.

To live is to grow.

People wonder why you choose certain subjects to write about. The truth is: you don't really. They choose you

If he didn't want to be mauled, he shouldn't have put himself right in my path.

The greatest stock market you can invest in is yourself. Finding this truth is better than finding a gold mine.

I think there are still plenty of free-thinking creative people out there. There always will be.

And isn't it better really to leave things only hinted at?

..And the same rapper who revels in a woman's finely proportioned behind may also speak against racism and on behalf of the poor, even as he encourages them not to look at hip-hop as their salvation.

Its hardly a radical idea to suggest that regulators and legislators understand the law now, is it?

I try never to say no when it comes to creativity, but I do try and lead down an "appropriate road" - like not on furniture or the walls.