The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful

Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another

In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die

There is no friend as loyal as a book

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know

I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self

Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places

The first draft of anything is shit

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen