People--stupid when they lived

In order to survive in a world of instinct, its' alternative is to hunt or being hunted.Reject this, then be prepared to be hunted.

'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it.

If I'm breathing in 2016, I'll be happy.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Buddhism is all about finding your own way, not imitating the ways of others or even the ways of Buddha himself.

What marks a writer is this: until she - or he, of course - writes down whatever happened, turns it into a story, it hasn't really happened, it hasn't shape, form, reality.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

The bottomline in leadership isn't how far we advance ourselves but how far we advance others.

Darkness can be funny. It can be quirky. There are different ways that that stuff comes out as a creative person. But the actual conflicted, twisted, decaying, rotting soul? That's not me. No more.

You can't stop me in bump. And you definitely can't stop me playing off. You just try to contain me and stop me from getting a lot of catches.