“If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder.”

Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

It’s not going to do any good to land on Mars if we’re stupid.

You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

Get rid of those friends of yours who make fun of you and don’t believe in you. And when you leave here tonight, go home, make a phone call and fire them. Anyone that doesn’t believe in you and your future, to hell with them.

Too late, I found you can’t wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.

Good to evil seems evil

If we try to deny the darkness in our souls then we’ll become completely dark.

Creativity is a continual surprise.

You can make yourself happy or miserable – it’s the same amount of effort.

If you did not write every day, the poisons would accumulate and you would begin to die, or act crazy or both-you must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

You fail only if you stop writing.

You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.

Mash up tells me how difficult it is to stay loyal to one song.

It is a common failing of mortals to deem the more difficult the fairer.

The most beautiful lessons are the hardest, and letting go is the most difficult out of the rest to do.

How difficult it is to deal with myself.

The most difficult situation in life is being aware that you’re lost.

To live worthily with self-respect, one has to overcome difficulties.

Never compare yourself to anyone, everyone’s life is different, difficulties are different, the path is different.

Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.