“I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.”

“And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? I don't know, but sometimes that kind of be...”

“If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force.”

“For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.”

“I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.”

“My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.”

“Promise YourselfTo be so strong that nothingcan disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperityto every person you meet.To make all your friends feelthat there is something in ...”

“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”

“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“If you want to be happy, work with all your heart.”

“I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.”

“I feel like Ive been split open and stuffed with sunshine.”

“I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.”

“All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.”

“Men are the only animals that devote themselves day in and day out to making one another unhappy.”