I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.

I live in my own head and it all makes sense to me.

I’m a pretty nice dude. I have fun, and people take it the wrong way.

I never want to grow up.

Of course awards matter.

As a man I am not a killer. I’m an artist and a modern person. I’ll choose sanity.

This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one-man cult/And cyanide in my styrofoam cup

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I'm going to be alive, I want to be challenged - to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn't an easy way, but it's a rewarding way.

We’re not friends. We’re not enemies. We’re just strangers with some memories

I won't touch on risky, because that's subjective. People are just afraid of things too much. Afraid of things that don't necessarily merit fear.

I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.

Whatever you do, never run back to what broke you.

It's just really about trying to do whatever it is I do at a level of excellence. That's really all I'm trying to do while I'm here.

Keep writing, keep living, keep loving.

As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.

If it brings me to my knees, it's a bad religion

I'm about being the best.

It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.