Comfort is the enemy of Liberty

I was compared to Charles Bukowski yesterday. It was the best and worst compliment I've ever gotten.

If there comes among you a prophet saying ‘Let us return to the darkness, ’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away from the light.

Beliefs are the masters of the world, and all masters are tyranical

INADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence.

There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.

As far as arrangements after the basic track is cut, if I'm writing a horn arrangement or playing strings, I might arrange that, plan that out. Other times, I'll just sit and roll tape.

This Osama bin Laden guy, spoiled rich kid worth $300M. I have three words for this guy: Anna Nicole Smith. We send her over there, she'll get his money, he'll be dead in a week.

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.

Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.

A productive employee who is kept busy working at his or her job is far more likely to be happy at that job and less likely to look for employment elsewhere.