She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be.

I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in some way everything would be easier if you didnt exist.

If I had a view like this to look down on every day, I would have the energy and inspiration to conquer the world. The trouble is, when you most need such a view, no one gives it to you.

Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing you want to do.

Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

I don’t want to fade away, I want to flame away - I want my death to be an attraction, a spectacle, a mystery. A work of art.

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work.

I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.

The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.

Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.

You are beautiful. You are unique. Your heart holds celestial love which flows like a mighty river through you to nourish the universe.

I don't understand at best, I cannot speak for all the rest. But you may find a lifetime's passed you by. Every dog has its day, every day has its way Of being forgotten.

GM will do what's best for GM, and Delphi should do what's good for them.

Usually bands would make a song to record for an album, but what happens with the deejays you say "Well the album is everything we need. Thanks band. You can go away now."

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language

I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.

I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!

The purpose of music is to sober and quiet the mind, thus making it susceptible to divine influences.

I am pro-life and I believe that marriage should only be between and man and a woman.

The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.