And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

There is a power within and without. If you ask, it answers. It's just a matter of being calm and wise and listening. It takes years.

A rationalization a day keeps your conscience at bay.

What we want to help children with is, just because you feel sad or happy or depressed doesn't mean that is who you are. We want them to know, 'I am really sad right now, but I am not a sad person.'

Until the reality of equality between man and woman is fully established and attained, the highest social development of mankind is not possible.

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

If I wasn't Bob Dylan, I'd probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers myself.

If you lie to a person at least tell someone else you've lied to the truth. It balances out your karma.

God's love does not protect us from suffering. God's love protects us in the midst of suffering.

Its always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene.

Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.