I'm the biggest geek of all. Adventure, fantasy, comic books - I can't get enough.
When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.
You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.
You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.
You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.
You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.
When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.
You can't love someone unless you are in an equal position with them. A lot of women have to cling to men out of fear or insecurity, and that's not love - basically that's why women hate men.
I love to draw people's faces. I do that all the time.
As a musician, I hear the harmonic value of everything - I just enjoy music.
Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace. " The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.