“Keep what you've got till you get what you need, y'all. You gotta give a lot just to get what you need sometimes, y'all.”

“you get what you give.”

“Sometimes you've just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.”

“What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.”

“You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.”

“The Wire“How y'all do what y'all do every day and not wanna get high?” –”

“You call me Red again, Mister, and you won't need one. What you'll need is a pine box and a preacher to read about you lyin' down green pastures.”