Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.

Go and have another look at the roses. And you will understand that yours is indeed unique in all the world.

Five rules to follow to be a great leader: 1. Be curious. 2. Serve others. 3. Be purpose oriented. 4. Be adaptive. 5. Be positive.

Life is not a question of how much happiness we want, it is how happiness uses time to make our wants into need.

Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads.

Each man has his own way of being himself and of saying it so ultimately that he can't be denied.

I don't objectify myself. I hate looking at pictures of myself, they're usually awful.

You can forget who you are if you're alone too much.

And I think for a man whose native tongue is Spanish to be able to put together a phrase like 'cultural genocide' just speaks to how bright he is.

Efforts to revive the art principles of the past at best produce works of art that resemble a stillborn child.