The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

You mustn’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.

Womens currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.

I'm like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he's cold, and his clothes are torn, and he's ashamed, but he's not unhappy.

And so the lion fell in love with the lamb." - Edward Cullen, Twilight

Large-scale change is grounded in small steps toward a big idea

Your friend is your needs answered.

You can't trust girls. When I get a girlfriend I am not going to tell her where I live or work.

I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

I'm a goody two-shoes who's never taken anything stronger than Tylenol.

For one crime which is expiated in prison ten thousand are committed thoughtlessly by those who condemn.

One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.

From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.