Because he believed in himself, he believed what he did was important. Or maybe it was the other way around.

This pain is comfort. It is the solace of physicality, like a touch.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I stare out at the real world projected on the windows

His suffering was no more real than he was.

Reality, it seems, is not a flat plane, but has as many veils as an onion has skins.

For someone to be perfect, they must be real, however imperfect they are.

It is a matter of mere coincidence that there is often a real individual who corresponds with a celebrity, signifies them.

You need to bridge the gap between reality and freedom. Drugs are the bridge.

I feel underslept but overjoyed. Nothing feels so good as this.

Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end?

In fact, when I finally shuffle off this mortalcoil, you will have to pry a book out of my cold, dead hands.

Many souls thrive on the life force of others and you are lunch!

Yeah, I'm going to need a leather jacket for when I'm on my hog and need to go into a controlled slide.

Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.

Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

Dartmouth is the place I've devoted my life to, so it's very sad to see this kind of decline in the intellectual strength of the institution.

I loved my boarding school, but I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't have a career.

To fly, we must have resistance.

The Seed of Chucky is not a good thing to watch before you get married.