“Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.”

“Each book is a new book. I’ve never written it before and I have to teach myself how to write it as I go along. The fact that I’ve written books in the past seems to play no part in it. I always feel like a beginner and I’m continually running into the same difficulties, the same blocks, the same despairs. You make so many mistakes as a writer, cross out so many bad sentences and ideas, discard so many worthless pages, that finally what you learn is how stupid you are. It’s a humbling occupation.”

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

“I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I’m certainly not the dumbest. I mean, I’ve read books like "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", and I think I’ve understood them. They’re about girls, right? Just kidding. But I have to say my all-time favorite book is Johnny Cash’s autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash.”

“If you just realized what I just realized,Then we'll be perfect for each otherAnd we'll never find anotherJust realized what I just realizedWe'll never have to wonder ifWe missed out on each other now.Take time to realizeOh-oh I'm on your sideDidn't I, didn't I tell you.Take time to realizeOh-oh I'm on your sideOh oh oh oh oh oh...But I can't spell it out for you,No its never gonna be that simpleNo I can't spell it out for you.”

“Each time I think there is no place lower to go, I find that there is at least one place that will mess you up worse than you were.”