And there is good money to be made when things are bad.

We must rewrite our story from one of fear to one of celebration.

It was strange how you didn’t realise how much you loved a place until you had lost it completely.

Light doesn’t always keep the dark things away, ” Nyx said.

Men did not like women to weep. It reminded them of their own failings.

We worship the same God and we carry the same sins.

What were all of them, really, but bits of something else? Bits of stars?

There was a fine line between madness and intelligence.

It was the secret to winning any contest, he said, in life or in the boxing ring – you just had to get up more than you fell down.

You started caring about somebody, you did stupid things.

It all came apart once you started caring for something outside yourself.

Be yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.

When we lose our tolerance for vulnerability, joy becomes foreboding.

A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.

Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.

All my life, following the warrior's code has taken me to places I was afraid to go. But always when I got there I was glad I made the journey.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our government, but civilization itself.

How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

I'm attracted to images that come from a personal exploration of a subject matter. When they have a personal stamp to them, then I think it becomes identifiable.

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. ~from the poem "Digging