If we cannot live so as to be happy, let us at least live so as to deserve it.

To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.

Life was not given for indolent contemplation and study of self, nor for brooding over emotions of piety: Actions and actions only determine the worth.

Past Present And Future Exist All At Once As Parallel Moments In Time.

As touchy as cabaret performers and as stubborn as factory machinists....

My desire was never to be famous. It was to try and create something interesting musically if I could.

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!

For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson. On the other side, you have vulgar comedians, foul-mouthed rap groups and Dennis Hopper—all your choices should be so easy.

Oh, you a E head, oh, you a weed head I got a big gun, bigger than Maxi Priest dread

It's interesting to think that my children know more about the process than many mature critics.