I had to educate him that there was no such thing as writer's block, that writers write when they write, and when they don't, they don't.

It seems like the chaos of this world is accelerating, but so is the beauty in the consciousness of more and more people.

As long as a person is breathing, there is hope for them.

Sometimes, out of really horrible things come really beautiful things.

I would have to say the person with whom I am most in love is definitely my son, Everly Bear. Although I'm his dad, I'm also his friend.

I had not had any drugs for 5 years but then I relapsed again. I have also smoked nearly everything. Every day it was a battle to recover, which I fought for my son and myself.

My days are whatever I want them to be. I don't have to go worry about chasing some chemical to make me feel OK for a minute, and then make me feel worse.

Every true artist is at war with the world.

I think art is inherently nonviolent and it actually occupies your mind with creation rather than destruction.

Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.

To be 26 years old and lose your left heart ventricle was probably the most dramatic thing that's ever happened to me in my life...

You are never in lack, you are always in fullness, realize it and live it.

The more corrupt the state the more laws.

There’s no Democratic way to run a city and there’s no Republican way to run a city -- just the right way to run a city.

Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers

I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.

There’s a greatness in not caring what people think

A goal without a deadline is just a dream.

I think there are worse things for a teen to be enraptured with than 'Twilight.

The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women

Never lie under any circumstances.