A pessimist is just an optimist with experience.

If you only had an hour to sum your whole life up, would you spend that hour saying that an hour ain't enough?

I'm lonely, but everyone is lonely So at least I know I'm not alone.

Everyone's the same. All brains are contained by their reality frame and chained to the terrain that they're trained not to change and once you see what I've explained you've hit the jackpot.

Time taught me how to see every second as heaven, even though they're perfectly disguised as hell.

It's so fun to be in love... or so I've heard, The meaning has no feeling even though I understand the word...

I refuse to let past bruises cover the light. It ain't all good, but it's all good enough so I know I'm alright

I'm here for you in the same way that you're here for me, each person is an intricate piece of infinity.

Empathy is the poor man's cocaine, and love is just a chemical by any other name

We're all born into this river without knowing how to swim, And eventually we learn how to keep this water under our chins

I can only build if I tear the walls down, even if it breaks me I won't let it make me frown, I'm falling but no matter how hard I hit the ground, I'll still smile

If you don't like the feeling that you are experiencing, then it is time to challenge and replace that thought that is producing it. Thoughts always give birth to feelings.

Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.

You can predict all you want, but everybody knows what predictions get you.

Maybe I won't stay out of prison. Who knows?

False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love.

I like to drink wine more than I used to. Anyway, I'm drinking more.

I like not to know, unless it's something that I need to know, specifically, for how I color a performance.

There are laws that only apply to people with HIV - we're becoming a viral underclass.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.