“That’s why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too – their dreams and their scars and their stories.”

“If we get public education right, everything else will follow. But if we get it wrong, not much else will matter.”

“Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?”

“People work too hard to figure out the meaning of their lives. Why me, why now. The truth is, sometimes things don't happen to you for a reason. Sometimes it's just about being in the right place at the right time for someone else.”

“Inspirations come differently, sometimes you are just sleeping and get a bad dream, others are stories in papers. So people have different stories, it’s about art. I make sure I keep my brains awake.”

“When you get good at storytelling, people want to be a part of that story—and they want to help others become part of that story too.”

“I don’t get why they call it heartbreak. It feels like every other bone in my body is broken too. ”

“Don’t look for other people to validate your dreams. If it feels right, just go for it.”

“People who understand everything get no stories.”

“Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.”