“Do you really feel like this or do you think you ought to feel like this?”

“You don't feel like a winner and then do; you do like a winner and then feel.”

“Why do people want everyone to act just like they do? Talk like they do. Look like they do. Act like they do. And if you don't— If you don't, people make the assumption that you do not FEEL what they feel. And then they make the assumption— That you must not feel anything at all. ”

“You know what’s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it.”

“Write, if you must, because you feel like writing, never because you feel you ought to write.”

“I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.”