“It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.”

“Never give up. It's like breathing—once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up.”

“I write because I love it, not because I excel at it.  But because I write, I shall slowly excel at it.”

“Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time.”

“Don't ever give up. Don't ever give in. Don't ever stop trying. Don't ever sell out. And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment, pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.But never, ever, ever give up.”

“One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.”

“The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.”