We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.

Remember diamonds are created under pressure so hold on, it will be your time to shine soon.

He is an idiot, " I said. "One who thinks he's a genius/ They're the most dangerous kind.""No, the most dangerous kind are the ones with power, " he said.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

There cannot be two absolutely free beings in the universe, for sooner or later two completely free wills must collide.

One of the things you're doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

I do love writing but it is a lonely profession. You're lonely and optimistic at the same time.

When you rest in presence and pure awareness, sometimes everything is experienced as love because you're connected with all that is, and love is simply the nature of being.

I was racing through life, utterly confused and angry. I don't know if I was out of control; it was more like I felt frustrated with myself and everything I saw happening around me.

With my mask, I controlled all of the mouth movements with my own mouth.

Of course I have bad hair days; I’m human.