If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

The whisper of the dusk is night shedding its husk.

Where there is cake, there is hope. And there is always cake.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

Most people tend to think the best of those who are blessed with beauty; we have difficulty imagining that physical perfection can conceal twisted emotions or a damaged mind.

Any drunk who has tried to put his car where a lamppost stands is a self-educated physicist.

Given my heritage and the ordeal of my childhood, I sometimes wonder why I myself am not insane. Maybe I am.

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.

A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.

These are times when sympathetic joy comes naturally, but in a complex relationship the heart may not leap up so easily.

Pay no attention to toxic words. What people say is often a reflection of themselves, not you.

It's about hitting the ball in the center of the club face and hitting it hard.

Expose yourself to aloneness. When a person is left alone, he starts thinking of higher reality - about death, life, soul, God and the mystery of all.

I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.

Any time you play a character for a long period of time, regardless of how close it is to you, it infiltrates your life. It's impossible for it not to.

My parents were comfortable with me exploring areas that they were not proficient in. Some parents just aren't comfortable with that.

He said my name the way diabetics talked about hot fudge sundaes.