Non-fiction is to theory as fiction is to experience.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.

Life did come with a manual.

Solitude is the canvas of a thinking mind.

If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write.

Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

It's only awkward if it matters.

You don't have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.

It reveals how well you value someone - the way you handle their belongings.

To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.

Everyone only goes around the track once in life and if you don't enjoy that trip it's pretty pathetic.

Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

Art functioning as propaganda is not art.

He has a song in his heart for me. I hope it is not "Shut Uppa You Face, Whatsa Matta You.

I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence.

My brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional.

Avarice is fear sheathed in gold.

Thou mak'st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund