As a bookish adolescent, I sopped up texts as if I were blotting paper and they were fluid.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

Don't care about gods. Gods are irrelevant. What counts is people. What counts is having respect for each other.

The people of Waziristan are so innocent they seem stupid and so straight forward they seem arrogant

I don't use a pen. I write with a goose quill dipped in venom.

To go to L.A. and be on the Addams Family set? It was beautiful production design and an illustrious set. I'm focused on never losing that sense of privilege. I'm still like, "I'm super lucky."

I don't have any rules, because I would only be breaking them, so it's a waste of time

Freud tells us to blame our parents for all the shortcomings of our life, Marx tells us to blame the upper class of our society. But the only one to blame is oneself.

I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo.

I see the moon like a clipped piece of silver. Like gilded bees the stars cluster round her.

The only hope, or else despair Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre - To be redeemed from fire by fire.

I just like streetwear. I've always been a fan of Saint Laurent because I like how their jeans fit on me, but as far as high fashion, I don't wear too much high fashion.