I don't like to do what people expect. Why should I live up to their expectations instead of my own?

Courage. I need courage. Because this is surely the stupidest idea in the history of guys liking girls.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

Sorry excuses for hunters and friends. Both of us.

Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay - the world survives into another day, and I'm thinking about eternity. Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me.

I could be walking down the street one minute and get a handshake and then get spat on the next. I'm never sure whether to wear gloves or a helmet.

It's better to find a stunt person who can act. It's easier to do that than to find an actor who can do a stunt.

Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.

The focus is what is right before you - to give it your best. It sows the seeds of tomorrow.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.

Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts; when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.