At this time let us be exceedingly mindful that bearing one another's burdens and sharing one another's suffering is integral to being members of Christ's body.

The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

Take one step backward into the unknown.

I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train, among people. As a writer you spend so much time away from people.

I'm a believer that things happen. Fate is what happens.

I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.

A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.

If I was a locksmith, I'd be pimping that out man. I'll trade you a free key duplication for. That joke made me laugh before I could finish it, which is good, because it had no ending.

The debt is like a crazy aunt we keep down in the basement. All the neighbors know she's there, but nobody wants to talk about her.

The ground submits to the sky and suffers whatever comes. Tell me, is the Earth worse for giving in like that?

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.