Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of

Time can be strange sometimes. It can leave imprints in particular places, leaving ghosts of memories trapped.

Who cares what a writer looks like as long as their words are beautiful?

let your desires be His prayer in you. trust them. let them take you by the hand.let them walk you forward into the next moment, and the next, and the next, and the next...

Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.

I agree that [marriage] should be treated like a business deal. But every business deal has to have its own terms and its own kind of currency.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

If we don't get reform in campaign financing, then we can write this country off.

If I believe the good, then I have to believe the bad.

There is a lot of opportunity in all of this stuff [like healthcare business]. I don't know why everybody is focused on the negatives.

The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant demeans and humiliates him.

I love dressing up. I'm from a huge African family and grew up in a really colorful place. The way I dress reflects my environment and wanting to take people into a fantasy world for half an hour.

What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.