Don’t ever stop writing. This is the way the world will find out who you are.

A life to hold, or to see slip through uncaring and inattentive hands, but always a life. And given one, we wish for two, or three, or more, so easily forgetting the one we had was spent unwisely

Let the past be what it was, the present what it is, the future the best it can be.

Blame is a bitter and indigestible thing, even when the blame is a coat you cut for yourself, even when you stood right there and got yourself measured so you could wear it right.

Sorry is for the things you've done that you shouldn't have not for things you believe in.

Some men are born sodomites, some achieve sodomy, and some have sodomy thrust upon them...

In a society as broken as ours, "antisocial" behavior is the only behavior worth defending.

There are certain people in your life and work where the relationship is more important than who is right or wrong.

In order to be different one must be irreplaceble.

I don't want China dictating to me.

The population problem has no technical solution; it requires a fundamental extension in morality.

I'd rather be caught holding up a bank than stealing so much as a two-word phrase from another writer.

I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader.

Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.

I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.