Don't put anyone out of your heart, there's room for all.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

Make peace with what is.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Travel teaches toleration.

Every family in Konya has at least one shoemaker in their midst, and I am one of those families.

If you merely focus on what we already know, then it's not revelatory. You may as well just go and watch a documentary or a few videos on Youtube, and you're good.

Even when the Phantom's leased, them hoes wanna get in.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

The chief ability of an executive should be his ability to recognize ability.

So I take a little sleeping pill, pop it and realize nothing's happening - but something else was happening.

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a way. It's competitive.

Death is not a foe, but an inevitable adventure.