“It didn’t mean forever but for right now I wanted Rush to be my first. He wouldn’t be my last. A stop I might never forget or get over. That was what scared me the most. Not being able to move on.”

Write every day. Writing is a muscle that gets stronger with use.

When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other’s destiny.

You want to know what happened? YOU happened Rush. That’s what happened.

You’re ever song I have ever sung. I’ll never let anything hurt you again. For the first time in my life, my dreams aren’t about me. They’re about you.” -Jax

You love me?” … “Yes. More than life.

Hold her for me. Hold her tight. Don’t let her be lonely. Don’t let her hurt. Please.

You aren’t what I expected. I wish you were. It’d be so much easier.

death had just shred a tear

Is she forever for you then? She’s worth throwing it all away?” “She’s it. No one else. She’s all I’m ever going to want.

Nothing in life was as precious as this woman. It never would be. I’d found my happiness.

You are mine. Do you hear me? You are mine, Della Sloane. I will take care of you. Nothing is taking you away from me. Nothing.

I heard my name.” Ash’s voice startles me. “You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama’s making me wear. I’ve had it with the jokes. I’ll break both your noses if it doesn’t stop.

Listen to me, Blaire. If you try to go anywhere I will chase you down. I will become your shadow.

Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I’m okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me.

I love you girl…to the moon and back.

Trouble can be a lot of fun. It’s the straight and narrow that makes life tedious and boring.

That’s the biggest problem existing in this country! People are always mixing up the word free and freedom. Free is something you get for nothin.’ Freedom is a responsibility.

Has it led you to the conclusion that photography is an art ? Or it is simply a means of recording ? “I’m glad you asked that. I’ve been wanting to say this for years.

I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I’m writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.

I mean, I’ve never really had much security, to be honest.

To me documentary photography means making a picture so that the viewer doesn’t think about the man who made the picture. At its esthetic core is very old tradition in art: naturalism.

I mean, the problem is, I think I’m a great writer.

Voting really doesn’t mean anything. I wish I could say something different, but I think it’s kind of a sham.

I don’t travel by airplane. I mean that because when my wife, my kids and I travel on trains or boats, we meet a lot of people and we talk to them.