Chuck Palahniuk

Make life worth it...

"We all die.  The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."

-Chuck Palahniuk

Nigella Lawson

Nothing compares to comfort food...

"What I'm doing here is seeking to offer protection from life, solely through the means of potato, butter, and cream...there are times when only mashed potato will do."

-Nigella Lawson

Jay Z

When the idea of work is bringing me down, I think this quote adds a little levity to the situation.

"I'm not a businessman.  I'm a business, man."

-Jay Z

Ernest Hemingway

As I blog or write, I need to remember that it should always come from the truest place within myself...

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

-Ernest Hemingway

James Joyce

Never forget that you can learn most about yourself through your reflection (or refraction) in others...

We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love.  But alwasys meeting ourselves.

-Ulysses, James Joyce

Rose Franken

"Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly."

-Rose Franken

Rita Moreno

I'm feeling pretty good about myself...

“Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.”

-Rita Moreno