All language is political.

Language uses us as much as we use language.

To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse. (The etymological root of communication means ‘common.’)

Reagan's genius as a communicator lies in his use of ambiguity. ... Ambiguity is the mother of Teflon.

States that are built on a religious foundation limit their own people in a circle of faith and fear.

So what did you do, drug me, stuff me in the trunk, then dump me like a sacrificial offering into that vampire’s coffin? - Shella

No mortal man could frighten him, no more than the darkness could, nor the bones of his soul, the grey and grisly bones of his soul.

He celebrated his solitude with a frown.

Great determination can overcome most odds.

I believe we are put on this earth to be of service. It's how I find meaning in my life. And it's fun!

Of all forms of visible otherworldliness, it seems to me, the Gothic is at once the most logical and the most beautiful. It reaches up magnificently-and a good half of it is palpably useless.

Comedies are doing well because I think people want to laugh and not think about everything for a little bit.

People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels - people you don't want to resemble when you grow up