"That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can’t control life, at least you can control your version."

"We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it’s our job to invent something better."

"We’ll never be as young as we are tonight."