Texas is as odd as it is vast.

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.

Becoming conscious of racism does not mean you are a racist.

Don’t be afraid of being yourself, but be afraid of being somebody else.

We're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked.

You don't want your neurosurgeon to have doubts about the meaning of it all while he or she is operating on your brain.

Work a lifetime to pay off a house You finally own it and there's nobody to live in it.

The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.

My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah.

I get a lot of sleep on the bus. I bring two dogs with me, who keep me grounded. I guess that's just in my soul. It's good to know that you're good at something.

She exists, Damon. There are women out there who crave what we can give them. Once you taste it, you can't ever let go of it.

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.