Hope was based on the unknown, and I liked knowing things. Like that I was going to fail. Failure had better odds.

Life's only as bad as you make it out to be. It's go nothing to do with the way it is.

He had no idea that grief was a reward. That it only came to those who were loyal, to those who loved more than they were capable of.

And at the start of every new day, I still believed I could choose my own beginning, one that was scrubbed clean of everything past

Our nation grew strong in an era when moral standards were emphasized, and it will grow weak when we condone that which we once condemned.

Fear--who cares?

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

How can you say something's important if you don't first withdraw and feel how rich you've become? That way you can become really generous. Otherwise, what do you give?

I happen to be pretty productive when I am in jail. When you are in jail, you have to spend more time with yourself.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Once you taste the second income in the household and it changes your lifestyle, you get used to it.

Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.