Every man has a right to kill himself.

That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be.

The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

War don't ennoble men, it turns 'em into dogs. It poisons the soul.

If I never meet you In this life Let me feel the lack A glance from your eyes Then my life Will be yours

The little bit you and me might change the world," Malloy smiled, "it wouldnt show up until a hundred years after we were dead. We'd never see it." "But it'd be there.

If I never meet you In this lifeLet me feel the lackA glance from your eyesThen my life Will be yours

I write to reach eternity

All Welsh knew was that he was scared shitless, and at the same time was afflicted with a choking gorge of anger that any social coercion existed in the world which could force him to be here.

The boy Prewitt loved the songs because they gave him something, a first hint that pain might not be pointless if you could only turn it into something.

It did not last long. It is only in the movies that knife fighters stab and miss and slash and miss and tussle over several city blocks.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

I always was really confident about myself, about my voice, myself as a person, my body, all of those things, but as a songwriter - I just didn't identify as a songwriter at all.

One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best.

Under no circumstances trust a lean cook.

Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting.

College inspired me to think differently. It's like no other time in your life.

Music is that great language where a lot can be said and little can be proven.

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.

Fearless people,Careless needle.Harsh words spoken,And lives are broken.