I encourage people to embrace whatever it is that makes them different. Not being like everybody, setting your own trends, being your own person, that’s what makes you cool.

There is no jealous man, without a flirtatious woman.

We may be reaching the end of the liberal world order.

Never before in our country's history has a generation been so empowered, so wealthy, so privileged - and yet so empty.

Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...

I grew up on antibiotics. Every ailment - sore throats, earaches, flus - warranted a trip to the doctor and in most cases some kind of prescription.

I'm a wiseass and a smartass, and I always have been.

And then he tells her stories. Myths he learned from his instructor. Fantasies he created himself, inspired by bits and pieces of others read in archaic books with crackling spines.

I believe in man. I believe in mankind, as the worst and the best that has happened to this world.

The best nourishment for any soul is to create your own risks.

It brought back to mind the injustice I spoke of, the solitude that oppresses women intent on defending their own destinies, their own dreams, their own mistakes.