…turning your ankle hurts like hell, even if you're a superhero.

People stop trying when there’s no benefit for being exceptional and no consequence for being mediocre.

I wish you couldn't figure me out, but you'd always want to know what I was about

I am not an outsider. I am an insider who discovered that everyone else had gone out.

Above all, do not lie to yourself.

In places this book is a little over-written, because Mr Blunden is no more able to resist a quotation than some people are to refuse a drink.

Why do people deserve a penny when they update their Facebook status? Because they'll spend some of it on you.

I drove around in a Volkswagen Rabbit I shared with one of my roommates, and it didn't have a roof. It doesn't rain much in L.A., but when it did, it was utterly miserable.

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours.

If God had meant them to be lifted and separated, He would have put one on each shoulder.