I became addicted to the guilt. The strange thrill of doing something so morbid, so off-color, and so completely wrong.

And of course, there is always the F for failure. F for failing falling festering failure. F for fault. F for forgotten.

Books are carnival rides for your imagination.

Hundreds would die, but not the thing they died for.

An ordinary intellect will, by industry and perseverance, often accomplish more than a much superior one, deficient in energy and the power of endurance.

It's said truth is stranger than fiction, but fiction makes truth a friend, not a stranger.

You can only really yell at the players you trust.

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.

I'm always anxious in introducing sounds that don't originate with the cello.

I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper.

I'm a true believer in working hard and partying hard. I'm fortunate to be one of those people who can have just as much fun partying without alcohol.

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.