Water is peaceful. I am at rest. In thewater, I am safe and pulled in where Ican’t get out. Everything slows down—the noise and the racing of my thoughts.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.

By being high, you become low and by being low, you become high. By being humble, you become high.

A real, true love that makes a human being believe in the power of destiny happens only once in a lifetime.

Part of growing up is narrowing your life choices to a manageable size.

I think that any time you're able to get a guy like Carmelo Anthony to be on your team, you're going to be a step up.

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.

The entire United States is within range of our nuclear weapons, and a nuclear button is always on my desk. This is reality, not a threat.

Words began fights and words ended them.

I use visual perception as a way of bringing people into my space.

If you write a screenplay that gets circulated, you have a bigger readership than any literary novelist. And it's an educated audience as well.