Anything You Read Can Influence Your Work,

I Like Having A Private Name And A Public Name. It Helps Keep Things Straight.

Suddenly It Wasn't Only A Personal Thing To Me. I Could Picture Hundreds And Hundreds Of Boys Living On The Wrong Sides Of Cities, Boys With Black Eyes Who Jumped At Their Own Shadows. Hundreds Of Boys Who Maybe Watched Sunsets And Looked At Stars And Ached For Something Better. I Could See Boys Going Down Under Street Lights Because They Were Mean And Tough And Hated The World, And It Was Too Late To Tell Them That There Was Still Good In It, And They Wouldn't Believe You If You Did.

You Know What The Crummiest Feeling You Can Have Is? To Hate The Person You Love The Best In The World.

Nothing Can Wear You Out Like Caring About People

I Advise Writing To Oneself. If You Don't Want To Read It, Nobody Else Is Going To Read It.