Writing, unfortunately, takes last priority for my time but it's the first priority in my heart I wish I had all the time for. Such is reality.

Sheesh two-legs. You keep screechin' like that, you mind's well tell all 'em Banshee "I'm here, eat me - I bring salt

A lot of profanities begin with "F". Word "failure" is one of them.

...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Anyone who attempts anything original in the world must expect a bit of ridicule.

It's just hard to travel in the shadow of regret. In fact, it's so hard that I actually haven't left yet.

Real music doesn't always win Grammys

Kisses honeyed by oblivion.

Happiness is a vine that takes root and grows within the heart, never outside it.

It's the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum. Playin' them guitars like shootin from a gun. Keepin' up the rhythm, steady as a clock. Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock.

The best critics leave the reader curious to pursue something further, but still to let the reader have his or her own honest, unique opinion.

A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.