Tragedy is a hell of a teacher. It's much too strict, but it's a hell of a teacher.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

My whole story is just about me having a second chance.

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted.

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

Game developers know that people have more fun when they're in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.

Take risks. Fail. Pick yourself back up again. And always, always remember this: there is no adversity capable of stopping you once the choice to persevere is made.

When I sit near the ocean in the morning and write my verses and breathe the salty wind which is coming from the water, I rejoice in God and I am blissful, as I was as a child.

I used to think that communing with nature was a healing, positive thing. Now, I think I'd like to commune with other things - like room service and temperature control.