“You can't choose who you love, Kelly, but you can waste it. Why on earth would anyone want to waste it?”
“Why (on Earth) would you want to be a would-be? Anyone who knows how to spell rose can be a romantic. Any Jesus freak with a hand grenade can change the world.”
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”
“Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.”
“There is a certain elegance in wasting time. Any fool can waste money, but when you waste time you waste what is priceless.”
“Where do you think my new novel is? In the waste basket. I can see myself that it's no good on earth, and when a loving author realizes this, what would be the judgment of a critical public?”