I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while

When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it

If you ever forget how much you really mean to me, Every day I will remind you

Be in control. Know who you are. And don't try to be different just to be different.

You can't knock on opportunity's door and not be ready.

Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line

You have to be who you are, and hopefully they dig it

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're are amazing just the way you are.

You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.

This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens

They said it couldn't be done, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They're not all resisting and accepting the [Donald] Trump - the fact that he could very well win the nomination.

The impact of the holocaust on believers as well as unbelievers, on Jews as well as Christians, has not yet been evaluated. Not deeply, not enough.

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week’s time.

Your beautiful mouth was moving like a caterpillar. I reached out and tried to catch it.

If you assume there is no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope.

I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

Let's face it, writing is hell.