A man without words is a man without thought.

All great and precious things are lonely.

My imagination will get me a passport to hell one day.

An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.

Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.

Act out being alive, like a play. And after a while, a long while, it will be true.

Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat.

Courage and fear were one thing too.

Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don't believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.

As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

It is staggering how completely, fully and fairly life supports you if your negativity will allow the blessings to arrive.

Creativity is the work of your hands or the work of your tongue so you have to be careful what you say because it would cost you big time.

Why do you think you are missing something you never had?

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

What is, is, and what might have been could never have existed.

Perfect self-expression will never be labor, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play.

Luck's the word those with poor hearts use for ka.

Success brings poise, especially avoirdupois. Success comes before work only in the dictionary.