California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Let go, let go, let go, Just let it go, Let the tears come out, Stop fighting the tears back, Stop wearing different masks, Let yourself be seen, Let yourself be the real you,

In every crowd are certain persons who seem just like the rest, yet they bear amazing messages.

The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world.

I just don't want to die without a few scars.

Don't set your goals to be a star. Set your goals to be the best that you can be and go from there.

I am not retired! I will be retired the day I die.

Acting is like playing, while directing is really fun, sort of like an orgy.

... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.

Divine is Love and scorneth worldly pelf, And can be bought with nothing but with self.

Farewell count without a head