I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

People dreamed. People left. And they all came back.

I thought maybe a day was coming when I'd stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I'd just start living, no questions asked.

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.

A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future.

I jotted down Oslo After Death. This would be a great title for a book, I thought. That is what I do sometimes. I jot down titles for books that I one day intend to write.

But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.

But she believed there was a thin line between accepting one's fears and giving in to them altogether.

What he feared the most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.

Everyone just outgrew me. Now I think I'm just haunting them.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

Ambition is one of the ungovernable passions of the human heart. The love of power is insatiable and uncontrollable.

Anybody who knows me knows my vote can't be bought.

Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.

As far as golf being athletic, I would say, go try it, let's see how well you do. It's a hard game.

If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way

Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.

To do wrong is the greatest of evils.

Every city is always changing, on its own trajectory.

So it's the greatest compliment in the world when people want to hear you sing. That means it feels good to them, so I keep doing it.