“I think if you're meant to do something, no matter what, you'll always get there and I think you'll find your path, no matter what.”

“You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide.”

“You do have to rise above. If you're true to yourself and you're confident with who you are and you really know where you're coming from, you'll be fine. No matter what anyone says and no matter what anyone tries to do to you.”

“I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.”

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.”

“If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible, you get something new - that's creativity.”

“So go out and live real good and I promise you'll get beat up real bad. But, in a little while after you're dead, you'll be rotted away anyway. It's not gonna matter if you have a few scars. It will matter if you didn't live.”

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.”

“You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking.”

“You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.”