My writing is inspired by just about everything, yet I am unaware of so much of the process.

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.

But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.

No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.

Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good.

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

The will of this boy thief flows in golden streams. It is the thread with which I weave, the colors with which I paint, the element with which I create.

Nothing worth doing is ever easy.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

China is bearing the environmental cost for much of the world because China is the factory of the world.

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

Cyber will be part of any future conflict - whether it's a nation state or terrorism.

Your job is to give people a reason to keep reading.

Meeting and talking to the artist adds a special element to collecting contemporary art that makes the work an irreplaceable treasure rather than just another possession.

I think a lot of people have too much time on their hands.

Whatever you focus on you're going to feel.