it doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horseor that the hummingbird is so seldomseenor that we are too senseless to goinsane.coffee. give us more of that NOTHINGcoffee.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the worst thing, " he told me, "is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

Sir, I cannot sing. I have no formal training. I do not read music. And I know this is a church - but I play a mean harmonica.

What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences.

The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one's own intimate sensitivity.

Those who walk in radical obedience have made themselves ready for the storm, and they will overcome.

I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the President is treated as racism.

Anything I learned was just work hard, just keep working and don't worry about the outside stuff. Whatever happens will happen.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

The thing is I never want to be an observer, it's only in retrospect that I wish I had observed.

There's this great fantasy of going to work, every day, and getting to play out what people think my life is, as a successful actor.

Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, and eight hours recreation - Brigham Young