"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start and you are a lucky man to remember it."

"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either."

"The hardest thing about writing a book is getting it started."

"The best people in the world are the ones who make you laugh, even when you don't want to smile."