Books are like horcruxes--without all the evil--because a piece of the author goes into each one.

One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who respects their readers.

Never base your destiny on things you cannot control and have no power to change.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

At the end of the day, Fool's Gold is a label that, when I hear something I like, I try to grab it for the label. There's a ton of great music coming out.

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

I don't think there is much history can say about me. I just want to be remembered as part of that collective.

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

I'd been broken beyond repair.

Is there a place in a church where you leave your brains when you enter?

Achievement is by all accounts to a great extent a matter of clinging after others have given up.