It's not enough to just do your best. You must continue to improve your best.

The best stories are about a character who has a goal or noble quest and goes through hell to get it. Do you have a goal or quest like that in real life? Why not?

My self-esteem is not tied to the approval of others.

Give a genius enough time and opportunity, and his idiocy will come shining through.

If you allow your passion and vitality to remain hidden or unexpressed, you won't live into the fullest expression of who you can be.

The best revenge is kind forgiveness.

You have to first position yourself with the right level of mannerism, before others could see a reason to respect you.

Abraham Lincoln was a melancholy man, so he had a dark side that appeals to horror fans.

We do have to look at the mosques very carefully. The mosques, a lot of things are happening in there, folks, a lot of things.

Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.

My heart stopped twice. They had to stab me to drain the blood from my lungs because I was drowning in my own blood.

It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.