Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?

Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?

Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.

I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?

Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.

Some people develop a wishbone where their backbone should be.

I don't imagine book elitists as my audience when writing. I dream about teachers, morticians and garbage men instead.

Terrorism has nothing to do with religion, Islam or otherwise. Terrorism is born of fundamentalism not of religion.

Painting is a great outlet for those inner emotions you cannot get out any other way.

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

I believe that those who die for Ireland have no need for prayer

I probably had the most fun recording For Richer For Poorer in Nashville.

The multitude of fools is a protection to the wise.

Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.

I believe in the compelling power of love. I do not understand it. I believe it to be the most fragrant blossom of all this thorny existence.