We all make mistakes, the danger lies in letting those mistakes make us. Make us believe we can't put things right. Make us think there's no hope. Make us give up.

An escape can become escapism before we even know it. Books are wonderful things, but you can't live in someone else's story. You have to live your own story.

Keep being the author of your own story. Never let anyone else write it for you again.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

I want to question societal norms, encourage people to think in new ways.

Our parents are always an important part of our inner life.

It is generally believed that nearly 40 percent of your first impression will be set from the tone of your voice. Your vocal thermometer can be more impactful than the actual words you use.

Friendship is honey but don't eat it all.

He who does not lie does not know what truth is.

The greatest Marxist writer of the twentieth century, paradoxically, is also one of the greatest examples of the independence of the human spirit from its material limitations.

The light of the spirit has to come into your attention.

I don't just sit down and write all day, or the songs would be weird or stupid. They would be about different stupid thoughts that I go through.

You may have seen have seen me in such places as your local market in a tabloid.