Stories do not change the world. I’ve learned that. But perhaps in some secret, subtle way.... I mean it’s not the world I want to change.

Funny way to spend your life, though, studying another chap's versifying.

Indian believes they ain't but two sins... bein a coward... and turnin agin yer own kind.

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.

Boxing is going to have to catch up with the kind of things UFC is doing. They're getting left behind.

I really wanted to succeed. I wanted to be accepted. I read every magic book that I possibly could, studied every move, and by the time I was 12, they really accepted me, they embraced me.

Have you ever noticed how grateful you are to see daylight again after coming through a long dark tunnel? Always try to see life around ya as if you'd just come out of a tunnel.

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival.

I believe in faith, family and country. I really keep it that simple.

Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down.