"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big..." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“But you always fall for somebody else and then it's all right. Fall for them but don't let them ruin you.”

“Fascism is a lie told by bullies.”

“I am so in love with you that there isn’t anything else.”

“Let the reader find that he cannot afford to omit any line of your writing because you you have omitted every word that he can spare.”

“Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.”

“I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like.”

“If we can (generate) the right emotion inside of us, we can get ourselves to do anything. If you don’t have the money, but you’re creative and determined enough, you’ll find the way.”

“There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would like them to be more personal. The emotions, the songs themselves are personal. I can't do it - I've tried to write personally and it just doesn't seem to work. It would be too obvious. Some things that you could read in could fit into anyone's life that had any amount of pain at all. It's pretty cliche'.”

“There is no rapture in the love which is prompted by esteem; such affection is lasting, not passionate.”