You can see what man made from the seat of an automobile, but the best way to see what God made is from the back of a horse.

Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them.

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers.

A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.

The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair.

I don't know the difference between a warm color and a cool one.

The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her.

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Words cannot do justice to the pleasures of a good bookshop. Ironically.(Waterstones Trafalgar Square)

I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.

Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

I have strongly supported the right to keep and bear arms. I truly believe that firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens makes our families and our communities more safe, not less safe.

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.