The world won't give you any gifts. If you want to have a life, steal it.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.

If you look for perfection, you will never be satisfied.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.