“I've got a good heart, I'm a good person... this is the illness, not the person here.”

“You don't tell someone who's mentally ill or struggling, who's having a low time in their lives, to harden up, because it doesn't work.”

“Yesterday is gone from my control, so I don't worry about it. I can make decisions that will feed my soul and give me the life that I can feel good about.”

“But now I said, 'Mr Anxiety Attack, you haven't beaten me in the past and you're probably not going to beat me in the future. You can come. I'm not going to fight you anymore. I'm going to work out how I'm going to live wit you. You can come, because I know you're going to leave.”

“I'm a good person but a shitty writer. You're a shitty person but a good writer. We'd make a good team.”

“Fill each day with life and heart. There is no pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good person takes in doing good.”

“But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it's no go if your personality isn't worth translating.”