Everybody is so sure about everything these days. Just look at your horrible Facebook feed on the most recent tragedy that people are commenting on.

I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' It’s just a painting.

Writing should be like skirts. Long enough to cover what it needs to cover and short enough to maintain interest.

Samuel Clemens isn't Mark Twain. Mark Twain is Mark Twain. He doesn't become the thing until he creates himself.

I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.

We like something because someone else liked it.

It's like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that's what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential.

The things that I have loved have always been those extremes where there has been some kind of apocalypse in the person's life, and they come out unscathed or scathed.

So much of our culture is bought and manufactured - not to say great art can't come out of that. Some art is really amazing that is manufactured and sold, like action movies and stuff.

I guess the things I have always loved are from people who were just being themselves. They were doing these things because they couldn't do it any other way. It was for them.

I think maybe it's my personality. People don't like my face.

Do not depend on good motivator!Find your words of self-motivation!

It was not until months after going vegetarian that I started really learning about all of the health benefits.

The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.

Well, it's hard for a mere man to believe that woman doesn't have equal rights.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

This is exciting, it is bold and it is absolutely necessary if we are to have any chance of stopping potentially catastrophic changes to our climate system.

Life is hard enough, you don't have to embellish the drama!

Even if our own troubles are great, we should still serve. Jesus washed His disciples feet on the way to the cross.

Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves.

Don't let the clothes or anyone define you...just be yourself whether in a pair of jeans or a ball gown.