There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

The trouble you can get into, just cause you want 5, 000 bucks.

The trouble you can get into, just cause you want 5, 000 bucks.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.

To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.

There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.

There is no such thing as happiness, only lesser shades of melancholy.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of read more

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose read more

I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.