In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining
“Kindness has converted more sinners than zeal, eloquence, or learning.”
“Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.”