I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

Hope is made of air, and wishes. An empty box wrapped in shiny paper.

It is a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell.

I have heard of novels started in the middle, at the end, written in patches to be joined together later, but I have never felt the slightest desire to do this.

In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

The great dramatist has something better to do than to amuse either himself or his audience. He has to interpret life.

In his heart, he knew that there was no reason to be impolite to someone, even if they did work for you. There was such a thing as manners after all.

It is exhausting to be seventeen and not know who you are.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

If everybody that had two cars had a Prius instead of an SUV, we wouldn't be in the Middle East right now.

At some points I wanted to give up on music still, because the business is just as bad as it was when I left in 2005. But I'm learning that I have purpose to be here.