I had a Tourette's period. And obsessive compulsive disorder. Things would get in my brain that I couldn't get out of my brain.

Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that

I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did.

Some idiotic things are well worth doing.

Your life doesn't mean what you have or what you get. Its what your'e willing to give up.

If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.

Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things.

If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.

Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore.

Some people want to be bank presidents. Other people want to rob banks.

The art of living your life has a lot to do with getting over loss. The less the past haunts you, the better.

She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live. She read books as one would breathe ether, to sink in and die.

They say “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’”Get up and take that step!Take baby steps if you want but go for it, Wait no longer…START IT!

We wonder to write.

Suicide isn't something people do to hurt other people. It's something people do to release themselves from pain.

We do not require man’s religion for salvation. We do not believe in anything that forces people to keep their places in this world.

When a thought appears such as "Do the dishes" and you don't do them, notice how an internal war breaks out... The stress and weariness you feel are really mental combat fatigue.

Every cell in your body is seeking fulfillment through joy, beauty, love and appreciation.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power.

I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.