Being ruled by a depraved poet-king who is sacrified each spring is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

But you know me-I'm an information magpie, always interested in shiny bits of intel. I've never gotten in trouble because of knowing too much.

That sun, that light had faded, and she had faded with them. Now she was as grey as the season itself.

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.

The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

You don't always get the waterfall shortcut in Mario Kart. That's life.

I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.

The past is the one thing we are not prisoners of. We can do with the past exactly what we wish. What we can't do is to change its consequences.

Your feelings will guide you if you have the courage to tap into them and listen.

There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

Faith offers the promise that everything will ultimately be renewed in God. This hardly means that we will, or must, receive an answer from God for every question in our lives.

My teaching was animated by what I was reading and being excited by as a poet.