“If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.”

“Follow your heart. It rarely leads you astray. It's thinking that gets us into trouble.”

“It's the circumstances that create fear. How you respond is all you can control. Concentrate on that, and you'll always succeed.”

“Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS”

“We write because we have to, not because we want to”

“Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.”

“Waking up from a dream of violence is much the same as waking up from a dream of love. You must go on living your life.”