Denial is a useful defense mechanism until it's not.

He said the truth is like that water: it doesn't matter how hard you try to bury it

True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice.

I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.

I write with teenagers in mind.

Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.

Sometimes the answer to fear does not lie in trying to explain away the causes, sometimes the answer lies in courage.

I try not to make any boundaries. I try to let all art influence me.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

When I was at university, the policemen used to measure how short the women's mini-skirts were and how long guys' hair was. We were living under a government that considers people to be soldiers.

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth.