I never have a thematic intention at the outset.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

concepts means with structure so build structures in ur life.

Poetry listens to me when I am silent and understands me when no one else seems to be able to.

If it be good to come under the love of God once, surely it is good to keep ourselves there. And yet how reluctant we are!

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Bonds are guaranteed certificates of confiscation

It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.

When you punish a person for dreaming his dream, don't expect him to thank or forgive you.

Having a leading man who is actually prettier than you are is quite upsetting.

Wearing a scrap of colored cloth around your neck, even though it serves no useful purpose, but which answers to the name of "tie."

When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.