“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to,
when all they need is one reason why they can”

“There are many reasons why novelists write but they all have one thing in common a need to create an alternative world.”

“Why Paris? Paris needs no reason. Paris is its own reason.”

“Why not? Why not? Why not not, then, if the best reasoning you can contrive is why not?”

“Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why
Some are born, some men die,
Beneath one infinite sky?”

“Instead of creating a reason why you cannot love the world, try to create a reason why you should and must love the world.”

“The real reason why so few men believe in God is that they have ceased to believe that even a God can love them.”

“Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs.”

“Why is this all so hard? Why do these old men need it so hard?”

“When you're big you don't need a reason to sweat. You don't, right? My friends cannot grab a hold of this concept. They come up to me all the time like "Jeez! What have you been doing? What are ya jumpin rope in the attic?!" "Well, I peeled an orange.. about an hour ago. Why, what's up?"”