No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We’ve got too many dexterous drudges as it is.

Men are jealous of every woman, even when they don’t have the slightest interest in her themselves.

I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers.

At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.

I’ve supped on potatoes and groats and am waiting to be sick. How about you?I supped like the Lord in Heaven.’and what does the Lord in Heaven have for supper?’Nothing.

We've made our decisions, We've taken our choices, What's left, is only a hand-full of emotions.

Travel makes me feel like a bird, Travel gives me a sense of freedom, Travel makes me come alive!

You don't understand, " gasped Eli. "No one understands.""When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong.

Some people seem to have a black belt in selfishness... ninja narcissists with no regard to how they impact those around them… but at the same time, a master at the art of playing victim.

Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation.

Pain cannot be ignored. However, it can be endured.

There are many ways to meditate. When you meditate, you are learning how to feel again.

My passion is more in songwriting than ... in being a star.

We have a society that wants somebody to come out of college with a degree that will make them a slave for whatever discipline they're in.