“I’ve been fighting to be who I am all my life. What’s the point of being who I am, if I can’t have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”

“All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.”

“Happiness was my choice, and though it is hard-won, I am the only person who can stand in the way of it.”

“It's much easier, after all, to learn mathematics from someone who's made a few mistakes. It's impossible to learn it from someone who always gets it right.”

“There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.”

“You say that I'm afraid of being alone, and it's true. I am. And I'm not proud of it. But you need to take a good look at yourself, Anna, because I am NOT the only one in this room who suffers this problem.”

“YOU feel sorry for ME? I am not the one who has never tasted bread pudding.”