We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are great writers don't have to write novels anymore.

The three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic.

Authority could derive from passion, not pieces of paper.

Taste is a mystery.

Time felt slower when we do nothing but wait.

What we call 'normal' is a product of repression, denial, splitting, projection, introjection and other forms of destructive action on experience.

Finishing my thoughts aloud meant saying how my dad had passed, and I had failed. How I had smoked joints and lay in bed enabling my hopelessness. I’d been the ugly in my world.

One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn't been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.

Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.

You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

Love is a fire/It burns everyone/It disfigures everyone/It is the world's excuse for being ugly.

Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

Satan doesn't mind you using your strengths, so long as you do it for personal benefits.

We were on our way to the twentieth floor, sharing the elevator with two suits that had men inside them.