If it's truly a passion and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

So many people are paralyzed by worrying, "What are these people going to think?"

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

I do feel like once you know you are someone who is in the world and there are other countries and cultures, that stays with you and your decision-making forever.

Travel. You need to know you're a citizen of the world.

You can't live with letting your feelings guide you, you'll get smooshed.

I was just shitty, shitty, shitty with money and I finally, when I really started making money, I had to get somebody to sit down with me and learn how to manage my money.

...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.

Most people inherit success and fame

The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off.

Perhaps I'm just optimistic.

A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.

We must use words as they are used, or stand aside from life.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

Writers' communities are very helpful to writers because it gives them a way to try out their stuff short of publication.

I'm free-spirited, and it gets me into trouble.