It is normal for me to wake and find myself writing in the dark... or to be out of my tomb, caught in an unearthly world, alive with the images that haunt me.

I am the epitome of a walking contradiction for various reasons, only one of which being that I feel my existence is of heaven and hell.

When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.

I appreciate all of the attention I get in my career. I am a loner and live a rather secluded life so sometimes I do get overwhelmed, but I am always very appreciative of everything, and honored.

We all struggle alone through the ten thousand joys and ten thousand sorrows of our lives.

I want true love in this life, and true contentment and peace. But maybe the only way I can find those things is to let go of the belief that this life is my reality.

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

I suppose we make kids the repository of our highest ideals because children are powerless. In that way we can have ideals and ignore them at the same time.

Pretty women without religion are like flowers without perfume.

I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.

Each undervalues that part of the materials of thought with which he is not familiar.

Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.

The Federal Department of Education should be eliminated. The Department of Education is unconstitutional and should not be involved in education, at any level.

Gratitude’s got a short half-life, Clarice.