As long as one person reads the bullshit I put on paper, and likes it, i'll keep writing.

There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.

Life is too damn short to not tell someone how you feel. Don't let someone because you're afraid or you'll lose them forever.

Try smiling at people, you never know how one smile can affect their day.

[We let] the universality of fantasy, of once upon a time, allow escapist fiction to be more than just that - to also bring us home.

Men walk through tragedy, quietly, calm and precise on the outside, tearing themselves to shreds inside.

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

I fear that I won't get better and that I won't have time to practice. To be called a "jazz musician" - it's a big responsibility.

Love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain.

By religion I mean perfected manhood,--the quickening of the soul by the influence of the Divine Spirit.

In my mind, I've never lost a fight.

He hath freedom whoso beareth a clean and constant heart within.

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.

I don't think Auden liked my poetry very much, he's very Anglican.