It's a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we'd better take better care of our planet.

I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing

You're successful if you can get one person to pick it up and put it on the turntable and go, Wow, thanks for writing that!

Love is the promise that guides me.

Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

Love when you can, cry when you have to, be who you must, that's a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival, and one day we'll all understand.

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to

There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find, though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

As an observer of human nature, let's just face the facts: stupid stuff sells, and often the more stupid and silly it is, the better it sells.

Actions speak louder than voice but words hurt harder than punches

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

The key qualities all successful people share are drive, and belief in themselves.

I grew up very self-loathing. I was a phobic. I had anxiety. I had panic attacks.

[priests are] the pretenders to power and dominion, and to a superior sanctity of character, distinct from virtue and good morals.

As a Jewish thinker, I don't think of myself in relationship to the dominant culture's religion.

it is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by its newspapers.

Number one house rule of pool: don't lose in your own house.

In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.