“I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go.”

“We write about ourselves because we know about ourselves.”

“There are lasting consequences for using drugs. I'll still be paying for my prior use.”

“Drugs will have a huge effect on my work for the rest of my life, whether I'm using or not.”

“Music is the doorway that has led me to drawing, photography, and writing.”

“It was all about music, about getting your friends to come and see you play. I don't see that same intimacy happening very much today.”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?”

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it. ”

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.”

“Habits are infinitely more beneficial to the aspiring student than motivation. Motivation may get you started, but habits keep you going.”

“Just know that the achievement of anything grand takes consistent effort year after year. Motivation can uphold you intermittently, but it has too few calories to sustain a life.”

“Systems and processes will always surpass motivation.”

“Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the str...”

“Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.”

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”