Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a fetish for stationary.

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Envy was just the tax you paid on success.

Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream.

I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.

Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience.

I try not to break the rules, but merely to test their elasticity.

I'd love to do a movie like 'The Machinist.' It's an extreme movie but it takes you to a place that is quite impressive.

How we handle our tough times stays with us for a long time.

I'm going to, not I'm gonna. Talk intelligent

Gold and silver and sunshine is rising up.

Somehow or other I'll be famous, and if not famous, I'll be notorious.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.