you talk so much, I don't know when to pay attention

the more you know the less you want to do

you have to find the words to make it sound important

If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?

The fact that you have unlimited texts does not necessarily mean that you cannot stop talking

if you are always drinking, you should probably never drive

My father gave me everything he had. Everything I had I gave to alcohol.

Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

Find something that you love. Something that gets you so excited you can't wait to get out of bed in the morning. Forget about money. Be happy.

I could see flames from the windows of my chambers. For the next three or four days we had major rioting here in Washington and I stayed at the court day and night.

Deconstruction: peering suspiciously at the text, I wait for it to make a slip and betray itself.

We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.

So there is nothing to be proud of these worldly possessions. What you are to be proud of, or to be conscious of is your spirit. Spirit is the only thing that can kindle another spirit.

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

I have nothing, absolutely nothing against anyone who's homosexual. If that's their orientation, then I accept that. And I have no problem with someone who has other orientations.

Have courage enough to accept what you can not change, but yet courageous enough to stand up and fight for what you can.

What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race.