I understood how strangers met and fell into bed, not how they met and fell in love. I wasn't sure what falling in love meant. The very notion seemed so corny, so arbitrary, so fragile.

A beautiful woman is like a painting and remains beautiful no matter how old she is.

I am made of words. Cut me & I bleed sentences. Read me, & I speak to your soul.

All good art is political. Between the lines of every book, the author implants messages for the unsuspecting reader. If not, what point does it serve?

One passion leads to another. It's passion that makes the wheels of life turn, passion for work, passion for pleasure, passion for passion.

If you add the shadow of death to a moment of passion you are in that instant free of all normal ties, your mind grows still and your body enters a state of non-being.

If you are open to change and welcome surprise, you know the secret of creativity and the secret of life.

You don't become a success by breaking the rules. You don't become a success by obeying the rules. You become a success by inventing the rules.

There was a monster in me that had to be fed by success. There is a monster in us all that has to be fed by something.

Depression comes from not accepting the way things are - and seeing no way too change them.

It is in the nest of disappointment where depression lays its eggs.

Achievements must be highlights and not forgotten. So you always will have to rely in something on your frustrations.

You will reach success if you move forward, staying still only makes your journey longer.

Just breathe and believe.

Sensitive to symptoms could enhance security.

Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.

I'm glad you were both here," I finally manage, thinking how strange it is to be standing with the two people who made you, something most kids take for granted every day of their lives.

I wouldn't do go to another band.

The image I had was very clear, and so in that way The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane began like other books.

I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS.

If I ignore my work, I start having anxiety attacks.