When I trust someone I do it without doubt or fear or reservation. And then I work on a Plan B.

We like to think we're in control but we never are.

How strange it is beholding this, and, very confident, proclaim that such magnificenceoccurred by accident.

Life did come with a manual.

Solitude is the canvas of a thinking mind.

If you can't write, read.If you can't read, walk.Or walk and read, then write.

Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It's like you're in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.

Those who are acquainted with failure acquire the unique ability to dare without fear of it.

It's only awkward if it matters.

You don't have to live happily ever after with every single person in your life in order to live happily ever after. Some unfortunate endings are necessary.

It reveals how well you value someone - the way you handle their belongings.

Even though we've devoted our lives to music, we both know that the most important things happen without a soundtrack.

Being bored is an insult to oneself.

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

Nothing so offends the doctrinaire intellectual as our ability to achieve the momentous in a matter-of-fact way, unblessed by words.

Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.

I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.

If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.

Some of the great pictures happen along the journey and not necessarily at your destination.

I began to realize that this idea of the lighter the better and the darker the worse was really - had an impact on sororities, on friendships, on all sorts of things, and it was stunning to me.