One of the odd enjoyments in life is to be alone in a room full of people. To have them there as unknowing human filler in your wide shot.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Wasn't growing catnip in one's yard the kitty equivalent of giving candy to children?

what has been termed 'correct' English is nothing other than the blatant legitimation of the white middle-class code.

Life is like The Muppet Show, but instead of Muppets there's anxiety.

Anger without power is folly.

You draw the mystical kundalini from the earth. Earth is an element. Fire, air, earth, water, and ether - the mystical kundalini comes through them all.

A tribulation gives you the opportunity to test a truth you have always believed.

All of our religions but the Judaic and the Greek think more of us dead than alive.

I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.

In our families we learn to love and to recognise the dignity of all, especially of the elderly

Establish yourself in God and then you will be helpful to others.