The villain is the person who knows the most but cares the least.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Seeing no resolution to my existential recognition of loss, I decide to eat lunch.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

People who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they’d never admit in normal conversation.

I love the way music inside a car makes you feel invisible; if you plan the stereo at max volume, it's almost like the other people can't see into your vehicle. It tints your windows, somehow.

The most wretched people in the world are those who tell you they like every kind of music 'except country.' People who say that are boorish and pretentious at the same time.

Sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.

We are always dying, all the time. That's what living is; living is dying, little by little. It is a sequenced collection of individualized deaths.

In order to gain mastery over whatever you have been called to do, you must look for ways of improving how you do them.

Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced.

Humor has great power to heal on an emotional level. You can't hold anger you can't hold fear you can't hold hurt while you're laughing.

I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.

The first task is to discover the dharma by introspection, by constantly questioning yourself and asking yourself, "What is right?"

The person who can dominate during rough times is the person who can dominate, period.

Tell me I'm a fool. I would not know how to believe it.

The king is a strong piece - use it !

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

To live without the creative potential of our own destructiveness is to be a cardboard angel.