The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell.

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.

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

Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.

Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you

You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle

A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck.

If you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?

Maybe we've grown out of each other.

You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes.

Orr slept. He dreamed. There was no rub.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness forgetting that happiness is itself poisoned if the measure of suffering has not been fulfilled.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.

You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with.

My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

I have had just about all I can take of myself.

Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

He who has laughter on his side has no need of proof.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It's embedded in me.