Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on.

What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them.

Your heart is like the ocean, mysterious and dark.

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more

How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Those who show no loyalty give up the right to expect any.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

And it is seldom easy to convince a person that he is playing the fool.

I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups.

I think that fiction has this special responsibility or this special ability to help people to empathize, to demand of people that they understand other individuals and other people's experiences.

Can anybody tell what sorrows are locked up with our best affections, or what pain may be associated with every pleasure?

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history

Controlling others—winning—is more compelling than anything (or anyone) else.