October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.

I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.

The sad truth is that truth is almost irrelevant in a court of law.

Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting room, as she was fond of quoting.

Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.

No matter how grim things may seem, they always get better.

Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.

I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

No man runs the race until he sees the dream.

Life is a daring faith.

Let me in, Emily, and I swear to you that you'll never regret it.”Ethan Sterling in Private Emotions

I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life.

No couple buying wedding rings wants to be reminded that someday one of them will have to accept the other one's ring from a nurse or an undertaker.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

I wouldn't write about sh*t I don't know. You won't hear me write about politics in Africa and stuff, because I don't know enough about it. And I would never rap about something I can't back up.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

New York City is still the art capital - every time I'm in New York, I'm thinking about competition.