I suppose he's making a real fashion statement, but this is high school. You're not supposed to be real. You're supposed to be enough like everyone else to get through and out into the waiting world.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

The world will knock you down plenty. You don't need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

People are always complaining that life's not fair, but that simply isn't true. Life is extraordinarily fair. It's just not centered on you.

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.

I love to write quartets. One could say that this is a mania.

Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page.

If you're any good at all, you know you can be better.

An acid is like a woman: a good one will eat through your pants.

While it is nice to be discovered, it's much better to discover yourself.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.

Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter what you say.