The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

Sunrises and sunsets are real jerks about putting things in perspective.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet.

It's interesting, on your second day of existence, to realize that your father is going to blame all the future failures of his life on you.

Some of the greatest miracles one could ever receive in their life are the ones that happen when their faith and action has been applied.

Its so important to never limit yourself, to find yourself in a box.

How do you remember all those lines? By forgetting everything else.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present.

It is not always worth the discomforts of major surgery to get minor recovery.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

When both my editors say 'This is really bad, you need to change this,' I ignore that at my peril.

The sky sinks in the morning, this fact has been insufficiently observed.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.