“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”

“What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.”

“If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.”

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, 'I'm not going to make it,' but you laugh inside, remembering all the times you've felt that way.”

“We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”