I began to get a feeling (...) of being the only sane man in a nut house. It doesn't make you feel superior but depressed and scared, because there is nobody you can contact.

But you're an artist. You don't believe in decency and honesty and gratitude.

There's enough of everything to go around for everybody but not without awareness and positive beliefs about abundance.

Dedicated selfless people shape the future

A lie with confidence is more powerful than a truth without it.

People never confess to failure. They should.

Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

I always wanted to sound like a man, like Jeff Buckley or Tom Waits.

Body and soul: a horse harnessed beside an ox.

We didn't talk much. But we didn't need to.

Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today.