In the earlier days I did most of the song writing by myself, and I got to a place in my life where I felt it was necessary to go outside my box and get some outside inspiration.

I think the thing that is hard for a lot of bands is that there is a lot of free music out there.

It's hard to sell records when you can get it for free everywhere.

I don't really know what's going to happen in the future, but I think it's really important for bands to have strong connection with their fans.

There is nothing more luxurious than eating while you read—unless it be reading while you eat. Amabel did both: they are not the same thing, as you will see if you think the matter over.

The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead.

To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

Men look to the East for the dawning things, for the light of a raising sun But they look to the West, to the crimson West, for the things that are done, are done.

Even Michelangelo got paid for doing the Sistine Chapel. To those artists who say they're doing it for the love of art, I say: Get real.

I also try to read all of my fan mail. A lot of them send me candy, which I'm not allowed to eat 'cause my mom says it might be poisonous.

I think that's what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you discover living in books.

Note even Moroi give licenses to infants, Sage.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.