It's nice sometimes to be the river rather than the rock.

In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.

If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles.

Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

Marriage is a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.

Food: Part of the spiritual expression of the French, and I do not believe that they have ever heard of calories.

Music is so powerful to me. I had my IPod and headphones, and my sad playlist. I kind of ventured off for just a little bit to get into the scene.

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.

We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace.

Almost 70 per cent of your fitness battle is won the day you realise what your body needs and when. I've made my own diets, and I decide for myself what works for me.

I prayed to God for help and I put myself in a recovery house called Studio 12. It was for people in the business and you didn't have to have any money to go, which was good because I was broke.

It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.

Soul Mountain, the story of one man’s quest for inner peace and freedom.

The slave trade was globalism. Why people insist that globalism, after its hideous history, is a good thing, I do not know.

Wealth is walking into any bookshop and buying any book you want without looking at the price tag.

True allegiance is only given willingly.

Don't worry about making mistakes. In fact, the more mistakes you make, the more progress you are making. Just don't repeat the same mistakes.

Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck.

Nobody likes a clown at midnight