The lie of a pipe dream is what gives life to the whole misbegotten mad lot of us, drunk or sober.

Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The Grace of God is glue.

God gave us mouths that close and ears that don't... that should tell us something.

We are where centuries only count as seconds, and after a thousand lives, our eyes begin to open.

There is no present or future-only the past, happening over and over again-now.

We need above all to learn again to believe in the possibility of nobility of spirit in ourselves.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

We fought so long against small things that we became small ourselves.

Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.

The only living life is in the past and future - the present is an interlude - strange interlude in which we call on past and future to bear witness that we are living.

I will be an artist or nothing!

Success is in direct proportion to the level of consistency in the application of the daily disciplines and actions required.

Whoever is not in his coffin and the dark grave, let him know he has enough.

You live and learn. Then you die and forget it all.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.

Sweat has the power to end a pity party in such a way that even the hostess is happy.

The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.

Everything sacred is a tie, a fetter.

My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people that live with me, but that's the path I chose.

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion - you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life.