Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.

Writing is like breathing underwater. It's really hard to do unless you can imagine yourself a nice set of gills.

Love: the great connector. Stay Connected

Don’t try to silence other people’s genius because you’re too deaf to hear your own.

Those who want rain, must also accept the mud.

He ran his finger along my jawline and down my neck. "The wait will be fun, but it's not going to be easy."

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.

Even when you err, it is a thousand times better to err out of conviction than to hide your true opinion to respect some authority.

There is something irreversible about acquiring knowledge; and the simulation of the search for it differs in a most profound way from the reality.

Art informs life in so many ways, and vice versa.

We never see ourselves as heroes and sometimes when we do it is a hero that has made a fortune as a clown or a boxer. And there is no lasting value in either one of those.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.