Objection, evasion, joyous distrust, and love of irony are signs of health; everything absolute belongs to pathology.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Zen movement is a meditative practice.

Gavin, Logan, Calix. Was there a sale on trendy names when they were born, or something?

There is no separate supernatural realm: all phenomena are part of one natural process of evolution.

The more accurately you can think about who you are, what you want to accomplish and how to accomplish it, the more successful you will be.

My tattoos are like a scrapbook of my life. Sometimes you don't feel comfortable in your own skin, so covering it up with pictures helps

Each of my book arrives at a form and a style that is appropriate to the subject.

Happiness is not the end of life: character is.

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

The film [Dream of Life] is the way it is because it was the rhythm of my life, and also because the director and the editor are both gifted and both fine human beings.

I never ride just to ride. I ride to catch a fox. I play baseball to make the team.