I think that instinct, that storytelling instinct, rescued me most of my life.

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

But I will say that the drugs are much more ferocious then they used to be. There are people wrecking their lives with addiction, which seems much more severe.

I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it is the light and the joy of my life.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life

I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.

There is no fifth destination.

God is nature’s anti-dote to misery.

And as he sat upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, 'Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

It is not easy to be stranded between two worlds, the sad truth is that we can never feel completely comfortable in either world

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.

It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.

Respect for sovereignty means to not allow unconstitutional action and coup d'états, the removal of legitimate power.