It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.

Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.

Once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night, you gave me everything you had and oh, you gave me light

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep. Standing on the edge of something much too deep.

I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means.

I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension and think about what's going to happen next.

We're constantly being told what other people think we are, and that's why it is so important to know yourself.

I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide.

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

Trying to force creativity is never good.

Theres beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, thats harder than others.

All change begins with someone having a thought.

It was curious how some people had a highly developed sense of guilt, she thought, while others had none.

Crying is right at hand in the smothering dark, closed inside someone else, when you see how everything you can ever accomplish will end up as trash.

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality.

He was a hateful terrorist who will be missed by all.

While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.

Hip-hop was started as a very egocentric, testosterone, machismo-driven art form. The way that people are trying to take away that masculinity that is a such an intrinsical part of hip-hop music.

Whether your time calls you to live or die, do both like a prince.

At first there is nothing, then there is a profound nothingness, after that a blue profundity.