- Howard Roarke from The Fountainhead by Ayn RandW
- Iceland
- “The Birth and Death of a Day,” Explosions in the Sky
- The Moon
- Fogged up Car Windows at 4 am
- Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
- Two legs to walk with
- Ice cream
- Road Trips
- Water
“1,2,3, and 6 are highly recommended. And as the teacher in Perks of Being a Wallfower said to Charlie when he handed him The Fountainhead: “Be a filter, not a sponge”