Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.

To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Desire outweighs footwork when it comes to crashing the glass

It could be argued that every age gets the comfort savagery writer it deserves.

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

If you are in a bad relationship with anyone else, it is because you are in a bad relationship with yourself.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.

Knowledge is only a rumor until it is in the muscle.

When you talk, use words that inspire you and others.

I played piano as a kid; I still play a little bit.

I have every confidence in the ultimate success of our joint cause; but success in modern war requires something more than courage and a willingness to die: it requires careful preparation.

In some ways Lawler is a conceptual Diane Arbus. She's a stalker who takes advantage of situations. She pulls back curtains, causing normal things to look freakish and the freakish to turn mundane.

Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their own physicians.

No sublime wisdom asks to be worshipped or served; the greatest and the most honourable masters are those who refuse to have slaves!

I began to feel the desire for something more; I wanted to do something to make things better.

English is a stretch language; one size fits all.