I've always felt that my subject was living in dangerous times.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Money is not as good as power, but power is as good as money.

You cannot fall or stumble while on your kneels

There's a lot I don't understand... but not understanding is better than not believing

If we let our head drop, our heart drops with it. Keep your head up, and your body is capable of amazing feats.

When a person is on a watch list or a no-fly list, and I have the endorsement of the NRA, which I'm very proud of. These are very, very good people, and they're protecting the Second Amendment.

Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

By compassion one can be brave.

I didn't feel so different until maybe, like, around third grade. Kids started blaming me for my people killing Jesus.

Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook)