If you're not scared of the dark, it hasn't been dark enough.

Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in.

The only thing that feels worse than being stuck in a situation that makes you unhappy is realizing that you are not ready or willing to change whatever it is.

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

I don't possess these thoughts I have --- they possess me. I don't possess these feelings I have --- They obsess me.

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

I'm falling apart, one part after another. Falling down on the world like snow. Half of me is already on the ground, watching from below.

There will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.

Anything at all is possible. Some things are unlikely. Some things will never happen. But they always could, at any time.

Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.

I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.

We need to forgive the adolescent versions of ourselves, if only because we need the practice to forgive those who are maturing awkwardly in our lives.

Live to write. Write to inspire. Inspire to write.

There is Irish Spring, but there is no fall soap.

'Freaks and Geeks' was a show where our individuality was really celebrated.

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument.

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research.

My advice on-set is to make every day better than last one. Change is good.

You know you're in trouble, when the bartender cries.

Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.