But that is what these people do - the Steves of this world - they all try and make something out of nothing. and they all do it for themselves.

I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.

Once-upon-a-time we buried the memories we didn't want.

Any punishment is an insult to the crime

She's known sadness. That's what it is. I only just thought that as I wrote it. She's known sadness, and it has made her kind.

When she turned to see me smiling. It was an awkward smile, but you only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expected it to be.

You only really know what a smile means when you own the face behind it. Everyone else just sees the smile they expect it to be.

Inside my head is a jigsaw made of trillions and trillions and trillions of atoms. It might take a while.

Some madness doesn't act mad to begin with, sometimes it will knock politely at the door, and when you let it in, it'll simply sit in the corner without a fuss - and grow.

ASK YOURSELF: Are your facial expressions in alignment with your true personality? Are they working on your behalf to project the best impression possible?

... However, there is another method, other than revolution, which is that of natural evolution, or rather the intellectual method with all its modes of education and up-bringing.

I'm a little old-fashioned.

The only rose without thorns is friendship.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer, an almost physical nerve, the kind you need to walk a log across a river.

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times.

Let every thought come and hug you, but you don't hug anything. Then, gradually, the noise will start to back off.

If you are going on with God, the only thing that is clear to you, and the only thing God intends to be clear, is the way He deals with your own soul.

If you dig a hole and it's in the wrong place, digging it deeper isn't going to help.

I'm this overachiever type, I'll just work and work and I'll just do it over and over and over again.