If I end up having a novel that sells really well and that allows me to pay for health insurance and mortgage without having to work at a day job, that would be great.

We are defined by the places we hold in the web of others’ lives.

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.

The fact that we can never have complete, perfect knowledge does not absolve us of the moral duty to judge and to take a stand against evil.

We are not defined by our individual loneliness, but by the web of relationships in which we’re enmeshed.

Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?

There is far more happiness in a life that is your own than a life in which you are handed the lines to say and shown the gestures to make. Do not ever be ambitious.

A little self-doubt is a good thing, " said Jia, "but not excessive doubt. Sometimes we live up to the stories others tell about us.

As the wind continued to howl and groan through her decaying body, she began to sing her story.

I've always thought it nonsense to believe something true simply because it was written in a book long ago.

Time's arrow is the loss of fidelity in compression. A sketch, not a photograph. A memory is a re-creation, precious because it is both more and less than the original.

People who fill you with positivity, who make us see the brighter side of life are our best friends. Cultivate them, hang on to them and never let them go.

finding peace will help pave your path.you have to be [fully] present to experienceand understand what you need to keep going.

They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.

More often than not, if you've got a good director and a good script you can't really go wrong.

Haters will broadcast your failure, but whisper your success.

Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato.

I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is Wheel Of Fortune because you just have to know words, and for the most part everyone knows words.

The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

All human interaction, you can break it down to incentives. All relationships, at some level, are transactional. They're fascinated with incentives.