When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.

It would seem that the more irresponsible and crafty one is, the more likely one is to have a talent for storytelling.

Any connoisseur knows you've got to be drunk to really enjoy a good romance.

Years of love, followed by heartache. Those are the years that define me.Those are the years that know– love’s eternity is you.

The most important thing in this world is faith. Without faith you cannot communicate with God.

Never let making a profit stand in the way of doing the right thing.

I like melancholy. I like to pretend that I'm alone in the world and I'm just sort of abandoned.

It is no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.

Remember that progress is not linear either. Sometimes you make great progress for a while and then you slide back a little. That's OK. Don't give up.

People don't know when they are happy. They're never so unhappy as they think they are.

I'm horrible to live with. I don't clean. My clothes end up wherever I take them off. I forget to flush the toilet.

Be an empty page, untouched by words.

The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.