I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from

Everyone is effed up, Dalton. At some point, you just have to find someone to share the baggage with.

To be a writer, you must write. To be a published writer you must finish what you write and then get what you've written in front of the outside world.

friend is the one who showes the way and walks a piece of road with us

Think on a 50-year scale, which is a much more natural time-scale for global warming. The US is right now spending about 200 million dollars annually on research into renewable energy.

It's made a lot of people richer from hearing Earl Scruggs. And I just think we're all very lucky to have him in the world.

Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees.

Even getting one amazing shot in a pristine environment is what I live for.

By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.