"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are rea…"

"The good news is that you don't know how great you can be, how much you can love, what you can accomplish, and what your potential is."

"If I can't write, I'm a complete blank."

"I've discovered that the best way to keep your spirits up is to think of all the things you have left to do."

"It's an odd feeling to be so completely cut off from everything."