I'm a big stupid history nerd.

History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever.

You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.

It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.

If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!

Nothing in my life has ever made me want to commit suicide more than people's reaction to my trying to commit suicide.

Oh, and I certainly don't suffer from schizophrenia. I quite enjoy it. And so do I.

Being brave means to know something is scary, difficult, and dangerous, and doing it anyway, because the possibility of winning the fight is worth the chance of losing it.

I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.

Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.

Once upon a time is now.

I don't believe in God, I only believe in Al Pacino, and that's the truth.

Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.

I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

Oh, yes. She’s still here,” Maxon said, not letting his eyes wander from Gavril’s face. “And I plan on keeping her here for quite a while.

I love women being the heroes of the piece. There is just something so dramatic and important about this story [The Nightingale ].

I carry music in my head, so I don't need more. It drives me nuts that, in hotels or on boats, people seem to think you need music 24 hours a day.

In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.

My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.