A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

The ritual denunciation of the so-called ‘socialist’ states is replete with distortions and often outright lies.

Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

Our Southside is a place apart: each piece of our living is a protest.

I didn't come here to be average.

It doesn't matter how much you learn in school; it's whether you learn how to go on and do things by yourself. And that can be done at any level.

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.

Anything that has to do with noir and space, I'm gonna love. When you've got a noir-ish, pulpy detective in a science fiction show, I'm all in, in that regard.