at points in our lives, we have to choose the hills we’re willing to die on.

Recovering Leah knows fear stands for false expectations appearing real.

Well, if you’re a real alcoholic, then where are you stashing it? That's what real alcoholics do, right? Hide bottles?

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.

They were connected, one being, fused together. She belonged to him, and he to her.

If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through.

I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

I got a book token for Christmas and exchanged it for a book called A History of Art, and that book (which I still have-battered and falling to pieces) became more precious to me than any Bible.

I've composed all my life and kept things, and even developed things I've done in college into something now.

You can do anything if you accept the challenge, rise to the occasion, try harder, and drive it home!

I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.