“… remember one thing only: that it's you-nobody else-who determines your destiny and decides your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else.”

“Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.”

“It's your own conscience
That is gonna remind you
That it's your heart and nobody else's
That is gonna judge.”

“If you want to think what nobody else thinks, ask a question that nobody else asks.”

“Your collection is not a woman. That’s only a metaphor—an abstraction! You’ll be dying for nothing, for a principle that nobody else can even comprehend.”

“Using your own time to make someone else’s life better is, like, the nicest thing you can do for anybody.”

“Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too–maybe even yours.”

“Nobody else can demean me. I can only demean myself”

“I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the Masochism Tango.”

“In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.”