I find it hard to take nihilism seriously; even nihilists don't believe in it.

I cannot say that there is any reason to fear death; I've yet to meet anyone who's been through it come back to complain about the experience.

Treat your time working like Hell is on your heels and your time off work like you're already in Heaven.

Empathy is not a substitute for introspection. Stepping into someone else's shoes because yours don't fit means you still get to walk in ill-fitting shoes, you just don't get to own them.

You will always hear the people who tell you that you are nothing; that you cannot accomplish anything, that you will fail, that you will never amount to anything, and that you will never reach your dreams. The one you don't hear is the person who would hoist you on their shoulders to prove everyone else wrong.

There are only two things needed to maintain celebrity: Being clever enough to ensure that nothing true is ever written about you, and being lucky enough to only have the right people write it.