"It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget."

"You hear the best stories from ordinary people. That sense of immediacy is more real to me than a lot of writerly, literary-type crafted stories. I want that immediacy when I read a novel."

"Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality."

"We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens."

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather become a man of value."

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours."

"It is natural for us, as human beings, to look forward. Our eyes naturally look ahead. In this sense, we are made for moving toward a goal."

"To love truly means recognizing that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."