Modern American culture dictated the importance of touching the hand of someone you’ve just met, however counterintuitive it seemed. Why would he want to touch someone he didn’t know?

His rules were thus: One, resist when beneficial to the cause. Two, dignity before humiliation. Three, don’t show true emotions.

There were so many viciously sarcastic ways to respond, Jaden’s brain was temporarily paralyzed due to witty comeback overload.

I've been to the other side...You're dead there, too.

Believe in yourself and the world will follow suit.

Political problems ruin meals. Let it be known as Eric’s Law of Lunch henceforth.

Marketing should never be just a blunt instrument.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!

Taking a walk isn't really taking a walk, taking a shower isn't really taking a shower, living isn't living, and dying isn't dying. It only appears to be.

The meaning of a poem is in the cadences and the shape of the lines and the pulse of the thought which is given by those lines.

I will always have a very deep love for Amy Winehouse.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

You get yourself prepared for a big game, you get yourself up for it. Then afterwards you don't sleep or eat properly.