“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.”

“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”

“I told him I believed in hell, and that certain people, like me, had to live in hell before they died, to make up for missing out on it after death, since they didn't believe in life after death, and what each person believed happened to him when he died.”