People who go on to be writers are those who can forgive themselves the horror of the first draft.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

If the religious system does not correspond to the prevalent social character, if it conflicts with the social practice of life, it is only an ideology.

Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.

Everything comes to the man who won't wait.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

It is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.

Every step forward is made at the cost of mental and physical pain to someone.

An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

You see all these things that make you feel desperate or sad, but you realize changes can be made, and it doesn't take a lot of money on our part to make a change in people's lives.

Just bring love. Everybody keeps bringing violence, let's bring love.