I have been very lucky: my writing has taken me across the world, and I have seen some extraordinary sites and sights.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

When people support you when you have done something wrong. It doesnt mean you are right, but it means those people are promoting their hate, bad behavior or living their bad lives through you.

No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day.

It’s a full-time job being homeless. It’s a full-time job being poor.

If you capture someone's heart, you will eventually get his hands and feet as well.

You said, 'I love you.' Why is it that the most unoriginal thing we can say to one another is still the thing we long to hear?

No matter how vast your knowledge or how modest, it is your own mind that has to acquire it.

What is being awake if not interpreting our dreams, or dreaming if not interpreting our wake?

It's a purging of sorts. Like, when you're all done doing your laundry and it's fresh and bright, but washing the clothes, you wouldn't want to get in while it's spinning around.

I mean, teenage girls and their fathers don't have a lot in common, but when you add something like comedy into the mix, it just opens up all sorts of doors for them to bond.

The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.