“A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.”

“What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.”

“If you're not quite cognizant of your madness, then you're deliberately blindfolded to your supposedly fake reality”

“The guy you're really supposed to be with can be standing right in front of you and you don't even notice because you're too distracted by the one you think you're supposed to be with.”

“Just do what you're supposed to.”

“Writer's block — so what? Write something bad. Just throw it in the trash can when you're done, you're always improving. That kind of writing is like doing a bunch of push-ups. Every individual push-up is not the important thing. On Tuesday you're going to think, "Is it really important that I do it today?" No, but the collective impact is. If you write every day, you will improve.”