You know, there's such a very thin dividing line between inspiration and obsession that sometimes it's very hard to decide which side we're really on.

There is a natural opposition among men to anything they have not thought of themselves.

Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important.

You don’t need a huge number of people with little passions to get a good job done. You rather need few people with huge passion.

How marvelous it was to stand in a place like the Soviet Union and talk about the coming kingdom and to tell them that Communism will not win. I told them capitalism would not win either

I have a teacher friend who gets nervous when there's $200 in her account. But at least she knows that in a week, she'll get another paycheck. I have no idea.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

Fight your battles with words, not fists

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.

In terms of melody, I am really into great 90's melodies. I feel like there was a great focus on melody in the 90's, like 90's pop-hooks and 90's R&B hooks; I just love them.

Sometimes thinking too much can destroy your momentum.