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“Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones who committed suicide.”
Source : "Roddy Doyle's rules for writers". Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010. 
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“I love when people on Twitter give advice.”
Source : "OMG, You Have to Take 5 Minutes to Read Our Hilarious Interview With New Girl's Jake Johnson!". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. June 11, 2012.
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“He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them came in more than one shape or size all by themselves, such as O'Dear, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Overweight, and his twin, O'Really, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Slim When They're Not.”
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“Here's the good news. If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane.”
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“If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave off the November chills. We survive by what little Fourth of July wits we've stashed away. But there are times when we're all autumn people.”
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“Cholesterol to go with alcohol; all the bad things in English-speaking life end in -ol.”
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“Zen, like life, defies exact definition, but its essence is the experience, moment by moment, of our own existence -- a natural, spontaneous encounter, unclouded by the suppositions and expectations that come between us and reality. It is, if you like, a paring down of life until we see it as it really is, free from our illusions; it is merely a divestment of ourselves until we recognize our own true nature.”
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“I promote peace and positivity.”
Source : "Paper Trail is out now through Warner" by Tiffany Bakker, Beat (beat.com.ua), December 10, 2008.
