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"For a long time I was interested in being a social worker. In a lot of ways I feel that that's all my music is, trying to help people."

"This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it."

"Turn off the TV and start digging around for information that's not from a corporation trying to make money."

"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."

"I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest."

"Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me."
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"Tell me that the purpose of life is to have fun, and without a care in the world I'll begin wreaking havoc on everything I pass. Now that's what I call pure, honest fun."

"A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book."

"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better."

"I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out."

"Doing shows is always a side of skating that I've loved, it's the performing. I get to do that without the pressure, it's always fun between the skaters and the preparation, the show is always so much fun."
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