All love is betrayal, in that it flatters life. The loveless man is best armed.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

Dreams are ideas where the collar has been removed and the leash has been thrown away.

A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to know by what means that result was achieved-but it is my job to know.

I play American and World music, Texas style.

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

When we go slower, we are more patient and when we are more patient we have a choice in how we respond.

The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.

In order to win, you must be fully charged. To be fully charged, you must have gas in your tank.

In all great leaders there is a purpose and intensity which is unmistakable.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

Preparedness is the ultimate confidence builder.