You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.

The snake, the rat, the cat, the dog... How you gonna see 'em if you livin' in the fog?

I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.

Don't believe everything you hear, don't believe everything you read and only believe half of what you see

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.

Never become so involved with something that it blinds you. Never forget where you from; someone will remind you.

If your heart was as big as your mouth you'd be real.

Be careful of the ones that always wanna get you high, cause when the time comes, that one'll let you die.

The minute you get too big to mop a floor or wipe a counter, that's the exact minute you have life f**ked up.

No matter how hard it rains, withstand the pain.

Intelligent men are dangerous.

...sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same...

I can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.

Our actions are the springs of our happiness or misery.

Religion finds the love of happiness and the principles of duty separated in us; and its mission, its masterpiece, is to reunite them.

So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!

Blogging, I love you no matter how out of fashion you are.

One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why you create characters: so you can argue with yourself.

Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.

If you have a lot of nature in your city, it becomes a more enjoyable place. That's my own feeling about it.