Writing songs is cheaper than going to therapy.

You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.

The only thing missing from your life is what you're failing to bring to it.

There are no roadblocks, only springboards.

We definitely aren't very good at staying in one place. There's not a domesticated bone in my body.

Do not give up on yourself as you encounter your worst version and do not take it easy as you experience your higher self.

Would he ever come back? He wondered. The water filled his ears with its own rush, and he was comforted by the realization that, in fact, he never left.

Patience brings perseverance.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

I should be learning another language and working out more, but I'm just always saying, 'Ah, I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.'

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.

I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.

Beautiful light is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is often the strongest and the best.

Liberalism is [ CNN infobabes] religion; it's all a matter of faith. Nobody attacking it is gonna be listened to.

What is philosophy? It is something that lightens up, that makes bright.