Warum man schreibt, ist eine Frage die sich der Schriftsteller, völlig versunken in seine Arbeit, nicht stellt. Theorien sind das Gebiet derer, die nicht handeln.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

We are one people until you decide we are one person in the churning sea of humanity.

Getting defensive doesn't hide the fact that you know you could have done better. Stop putting your energy into your excuses.

No, enjoy it while you can.” Esther said as she walked out alone.

How many n-bombs are dropped? It depends on what I post.

I don't crave Hollywood.

By staying active & learning to control negative emotions and thoughts, you can live out the rest of your life on a good note.

You will protect with the last drop of someone else's blood what was never yours.

Ultimately journalism has changed... partisanship is very much a part of journalism now.

The universe, as we see it, is the result of regularly working forces, having a causal connection with each other and therefore capable of being understood by human reason.

I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.