"I don't mean to put down anybody's taste but they were all lovey-dovey, you know, and he got all sparkly. So that kind of spoiled that."

"Sometimes, the best way to deal with a problem is to ignore it. But sometimes, the best way to deal with a problem is to confront it head-on."

"Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."

"Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to a problem."

"Get busy living or get busy dying."