We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice.

People do not change, they are merely revealed.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real" your story is, or how "made up": what matters is its necessity.

God, I hate my family, these people I never chose to love, but love all the same.

I have no place left to live but in my own heart.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

Try to be accurate about stuff.

I am that clumsy human, always loving, loving, loving. And loving. And never leaving.

You can love your job, but your job will not love you back.

I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent security for those can't.

I hope you're proud of yourself for the times you've said "yes," when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.

It is in our DNA to create space, to open up safe places, and to change the atmosphere where we live.

When filming, I like to travel with an instrument.

Disease is an image of thought externalized.

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am.

I think music follows the trends of the collective conscious.

The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance.