I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

The more you recover your authentic self, the more your destiny will unfold before your eyes. Just keep doing your inner work - that's the most essential thing.

Laughter is a good way to hide pain"- Leo Valdez

I enjoy being happy every day, and hopefully you can hear my happiness in my music. Life is beautiful.

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

Today's circumstances are out of your control but you CAN control your response. Don't let a negative outlook kill your joy today.

For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.

I'm not into sugar for kids, but you don't want your kid to be the carrot kid. There's always the kid at the birthday parties carrying a bag of carrots. You've got to let them eat a little cake.