"You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else."

“A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.”

Source : "Aaron Sorkin: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2010.

“Extraordinary individuals take one step back and two steps forward with most every challenge-and sometimes two steps back to one step forward. They harvest useful lessons and knowledge from what doesn't work, and they display a remarkable resiliency; and ability to bounce back from adversity.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.8, Pearson Education

“People talk about the All Woman video to this day.”

“Yes. I am writing full-time. Which is strange. It feels like not having a job.”

“You run the risk of falling on your face, but, again, music is an individual pursuit - it is made to please yourself first.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.”

“If all we needed were ideas and positive thinking, then we all would have had ponies when we were kids and we would all be living our "dream life" now.”

“because if you can’t kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.”