As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new and keep it exciting.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Trying to find a heart that's not walking away.

It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be but how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way.

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I love creating moments that feel bigger than just like an artist on stage.

The songs that you start to write that you are a little scared of can be the ones that you have to tell.

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true in all art.

Don't apologize for all the tears you've cried, you've been way too strong now for all your life.

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

Kindness is a girl's best friend.

Indulge me this once, Meg. Her name was a whisper on his lips. Soft. Seductive. Meanwhile his eyes gleamed mischievously, daring her to say yes.

Ender had come to feel a unity so strong that the word we came to his lips much more easily than I.

Unless you are a restaurant critic... nobody cares what you had for lunch.

Your only purpose is to be yourself, otherwise you deprive the universe of who you came here to be.

In more static societies, like Ireland, you can tell where a person is from by their surname, or where their grandparents are from.

Each of us is a moving center, a space of divine mystery

Shouldn't atheist have an equal obligation to explain pleasure in a world of randomness. Where does pleasure come from?

It's not often that you get a director, singing the praises of his executives.

I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.