Write for the love of writing and you can't go wrong.

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen.

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

But you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.

I'm the same age as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

The most tragic and deviant behaviour of all is that we live our lives like we will never die, and nonetheless we never live at all.

I didn't come up with the lie. It wasn't mine. They handed the lie to me, and I tried like hell to make it work for a while.

May you tear each other to bits, you damned hyenas, and the quicker the better. Let it be destroyed. Let it happen. Let it end, this cold insanity.

I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.

Magnus wants to shout at me, don’t you, Magnus?” (Jace) “Yes,” Magnus said, tearing his eyes away from Alec long enough to scowl. -pg.275-

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

You don't have to explain yourself. Let your weakness be yours. Let your strength be everybody's. You understand the principle?

Art is an escape from reality.

Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.

In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"