The three things that help writing the most are living, writing, and reading. In that order.

Grief loves the hollow; all it wants is to hear its own echo.

It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.

I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth.

There and then, sitting beside her and within the strength of my adoration, I felt invincible.

Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into.

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.

When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my desire to want to know him and his world became almost compulsive.

And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest.

And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that 'knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest.

Can you become a man without becoming your father?

She's like the rarest of jewels, too precious to be worn, and too valuable to tarnish.

If God could transcribe my heart, it'd still read "I love you".

Devil's Food?" You can only eat so much white cake, my friend.

As an actor, you have to get used to being told no, develop a thick skin, and just keep persevering.

If any difference should be made by law between husband and wife, reason, justice and humanity, if their voices were heard, would dictate that it should be in her favor.

The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.

Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.

A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as individual altruism but it would be brought about by gene selfishness.

Sometimes we woke up and feel like a Guitar Master, sometimes we woke up and feel like a complete fool. but that's the fun part of learning guitar

If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.