Dead fields under a November sky, scattered rose petals brown and turning up at the edges, empty pools scummed with algae, rot, decomposition, dust.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.--Johnny quoting Robert Frost

Innovation is the art at the eyes of artist

Socialism means slavery.

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.

If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.

(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.

I've killed my soul by playing the victim.

If you can think about what you want in your mind, and make that your dominant thought, you will bring it into your life.

I would describe my style of songwriting as classic. I learned very early on and have stuck to the core principles of song structure regardless of which genre I'm writing in.

Believe it or not, there are interesting elements in everyone. So, if I can't talk to everybody for at least 7 to 10 minutes, then I'm in the wrong profession.