“giving just a smile, or an encouraging word to somebody, just being nice to somebody-it doesnt cost anything, but means everything”

“I mean it's not like in the movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them a purpose.”

“It's hard to really look at somebody and go: "Hey, maybe something nice will happen." You just don't-- I know too much about life to have any optimism, because I know even if it's nice, it's going to lead to shit. I know that if you smile at somebody and they smile back, you've just decided that something shitty is going to happen.”

“You take girls, for example. They're copying their moms and magazines and everything to know how to act around guys. I mean it's not like in movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It's not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them purpose.”

“I'm just tryin to be somebody I can talk to in the morning with a smile.”

“Being a bestseller doesnt mean they wrote a great book. Just means they knew a lot of people who would buy it.”