The 'creator' and the 'editor' - two halves of the writer whole - should sleep in separate rooms.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

Make peace with what is.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Isana felt her throat tighten. "We failed." Serai lifted her chin and patted Isana's arm firmly."We have not yet succeeded. There is a difference.

I see art in everything. Your shoes. That car. This coffee cup. It's art if you see it as art.

Your memories don't make you who you are.

Are you telling me that now the government is going after attorneys? They’re going to put every attorney for everyone they think is a bad guy in jail?

Man is a little bit better than his reputation, and a little bit worse

Fetty Wap's not one person. Fetty Wap consists of a tight family. When I go out as Fetty Wap, I represent the whole family. The family is RGF [Fetty's original label, RGF Productions].

More is not necessarily better. BETTER IS BETTER.

Everyone goes down the aisle with half the story hidden.

Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.

The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.