"The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself."
"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
"Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."
"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart"
"I have never felt that anything really mattered but knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could."