Moving forward requires that one first take a step.

To move forward, you must first take a step

To move forward, one must take the first step

Moving forward first requires a step to be taken.

Progress first requires a step to be taken.

I had a hundred and seventeen days in which to convince Will Traynor that he had a reason to live.

Normally, small talk is enough for me to form an opinion of someone. I make quick judgments, often completely wrong, and then stick by them rigidly.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.

Have you ever noticed that your ugliest friend is the most afraid of getting ruffied? It's like relax. YOU can take the coaster off your drink. There are at least three of us in line ahead of you.

As a parent you have to do some renunciation.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Sometimes I get a little drunk, sometimes I get a little out of it, sometimes I get out of tune onstage, but that's something that shouldn't be dissected

A poem is a construction of inner space. Language is to inner space as light is to material space.