The opening notes of a song began, some plucking of guitar strings. I knew the melody. It was Maroon 5’s “She Will Be Loved.” As pop songs went, it was pretty damn good, a bit of a favorite of mine.

I don’t need to conform to your ideas of beauty

That smile could move mountains. It could also break hearts.

Don't make me kill you at this hour in the morning Jimmy. It's not civilized.

I Know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am So if you don't like it, Tough!

To be happy without your wants is greatest contentment.

Just as every challenge helps us in evolving

Organisms are selected to deploy violence only in circumstances where the expected benefits outweigh the expected costs.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.

The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th.

Women are in the midst of an unfinished revolution.

Black people invented jazz. But this story [in La La Land] wasn't ever claiming to be that. It's just a story about two people from one writer's point of view.

When you play someone who is an iconic figure you can't go into it lightly.

What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.