I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.

I find myself maybe just pushing myself to create characters that are a little outside the box, and if that sort of gets the critics talking, then I can take it.

Robert Pattinson is rebel cool incarnated -- the James Dean of the undead.

Dive on them and squash them if you must.

God turns His back on those who quarrel among themselves.

There's a fine line between the Method actor and the schizophrenic.

Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature.

People seem to think that if you keep your head empty you automatically fill your balls.

Outer fire we need to cook. Inner fire we need to liberate. God's Fire we need to love.

Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our culture. A very valuable book.