"If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs."

“Character is doing what you don't want to do but know you should do.”

“Between the time the last train leaves and the first train arrives, the place changes: it's not the same as in daytime.”

“I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.”

“Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable, and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks-drinks which they see others taking with impunity.”

“His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like two blades at a stalemate. He is stronger than anyone I know, and warmer than anyone else realizes; he is a secret that I have kept, and will keep for the rest of my life.”

“Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.”

“My mom wasn't a movie star.”

“I have to face questions like, "Do I simply write the best text I possibly can? Do I specifically engage with contemporary issues? 'Do I consciously try to write something that is timeless?"”

Source : Source: wwd.com