The Invincible

“I just can’t think about anything or anybody and I can’t sleep. I can’t breathe. I can’t eat. And I love you. I love you all the time. Every minute of every day. I love you.”

“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”

“The most monstrous monster is the monster with noble feelings.”

“Hardly any man is clever enough to know all the evil he does.”

“You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can’t run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.”

“What you write should entertain you and serve you first. Don’t worry about maintaining anything beyond your own attention. Focus on exorcising your demons in the work. If you can do that, then you’ll succeed in the world.”

“I don’t want you to save me. I want you to stand by my side as I save myself.”

“Sometimes it feels better not to talk. At all. About anything. To anyone.”

“You become a writer by writing. There is no other way. So do it. Do it more. Do it again. Do it better. Fail. Fail better.”

“Read a lot. Read broadly… Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored… Write a lot.”

“It’s better to have nobody than someone who is half there, or who doesn’t want to be there.”

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.”

“I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you’re trying to be a writer because it’s the only apprenticeship we have, it’s the only way of learning how to write a story.”

“Someone you haven’t even met yet is wondering what it’d be like to know someone like you.”

“The most important thing is to keep going. The second most important thing is to choose the right direction.”