We often forget how thirsty we are because we believe we will fulfill our dreams.

The proper biblical understanding of sin is much more radical and far-reaching. It can never be used as a weapon, because it will recoil on anyone who tries to deploy it that way.

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life. He deserves to be at the center of your life.

I'd always had a guilty preference for fiction. Since I seemed now to be living fiction, this proved to have been an entirely reasonable choice.

I don't think rock 'n roll is necessarily a young man's game. I think Neil Young is just as rock'n'roll now as he was in his 20s. I'd like to think we can still be edgy and challenging.

Anyone who takes drugs should be hammered.

I love the example of Jefferson because he's willing to murder his government and then he becomes a president and then his face is in a mountain. Just because he exercised his power.

The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life.

I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.

I have mood poisoning. Must be something I hate.

If you chose to be with an abusive man, a powerful, abusive man, it reflects something about who you are and what you want for yourself.

The standards of judgment must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be.

To lift Him up, to preach His name, and to invite souls to love Him and to follow Him is the highest, heavenliest privilege of human life.