“I realized that I was afraid to really, really try something, 100%, because I had never reached true failure.”

“I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching ...”

“iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up.”

“'Yeezus,' I really love it. I think the sound of it is cool.”

“When your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities. None of ...”

“When I return to the writing process after being away from it for a while, the first part of it always is being honest with myself: What am I into right now? Is it rock bands and guitars, is it noi...”

“I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.”

“Forget your voice, sing!Forget your feet, dance!Forget your life, live!Forget yourself and be!”

“If today is not your day, then be happy for this day shall never return. And if today is your day, then be happy now for this day shall never return.”

“Life here on Earth is promised suffering and one needs to find ways to live through it. Many people turn to meditation and prayeranything that can connect us deeper into ourselves and with the divine.”

“Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear and it's cousin, depression.”

“Think of the old clich about the mind being 'an excellent servant but a terrible master'. This, like many clichs, so lame & banal on the surface, actually expresses a great & terrible truth.”

“The closest I ever got to Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms was when I bought the box game set for the latter (I think this was before the novels came out). I well recall thiswe were living in James...”