Whose empire did you just overthrow?" My own.

After all, once there was a girl named Lucy who loved her family, old and new.It's not the type of love that ends.

Summer crushes happen all the time, right? Because you feel far away from the real world, everything seems more...possible. Every person seems more vital.

I wanted to tell her happy was hard for me. But I think she already knew that.

Stories are a kind of theme park of mortality. Deadnyland.

Writer's block, for me, is merely a way of saying "I'm too lazy to sit down and give it the proper time." I want to be a progressive writer, not a lazy one.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

I think I can fix the problems in Washington that people desperately want to see fixed.

The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself

The artist must prophesy not in the sense that he foretells things to come, but in the sense that he tells his audience, at the risk of their displeasure, the secrets of their own hearts

I'm an average citizen and always have been.

To me, it's always a luxury to be able to work with the best of the best because they make it easier for you to do what you do.

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.