In addition I wanted to write a Southern novel, because I'm a Southerner.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Try not to find love or fall in love. Instead become a person who attracts love.

It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course.

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

The longer you spend your time worrying about all the negative things in your life, the further you push any chance of retrieving the positive.

I keep chicks in my lap, throwing me head fakes!

Unity in a Movement situation can be overrated. If you were the Establishment, which would you rather see coming in the door: one lion or five hundred mice?

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.

Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a solution that works - and take responsibility for it.