They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but with me it always ends up being well over a hundred thousand.

With The Dread, first kiss was the beginning. Second kiss was the end.

Great relationships create great characters. Make them feel real. Alive. Tangible and unforgettable. Bad relationships kill them. Bury them. Make you wish they hadn't wasted your precious time.

Of course I believe in magic. I believe in storytelling.

Writers are like onions, layers upon layers upon layers.

I don't know who a character is till I look into their eyes.

Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination.

Life is about connection, not perfection.

To reach for yourself is to survive, to reach for others is to provide.

I just want you to know, I love the way you look at me. Make's me feel like everything's gonna be okay.

I am not afraid of what god can do to me. He is already doing it

Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

The first rough draft of history.

To die for others is the highest purpose a person may achieve.

I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-lb. perch in my lake. (Answering a reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his Presidency.)

Wait and see whether the religion of the Servile State is not in every case what I say: the encouragement of small virtues supporting capitalism, the discouragement of the huge virtues that defy it.

I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.

Dreaming is not merely an act of communication; it is also an aesthetic activity, a game of the imagination, a game that is a value in itself.

All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.

How do you beat an individual who hasn't been beaten in 13 years? With the help of others.