Dying on the inside, but outside you're looking fearless

Don't believe everything you hear: Real eyes, Realize, Real lies

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

If you let a person talk long enough you'll hear their true intentions. Listen twice, speak once.

Trust me I never lose. Either I win or learn from it

God will judge my heart, Man will judge my actions.

Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.

You never stop loving someone. You just learn to live without them.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared!

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.

There is salvation for every soul.

The object of art is to enhance the beauty, imaginations and joy of life.

Your lifestyle is fulfilling a prophesy

I'm direct, I'm unpretentious and I'm pretty dogged, and I hope I've got a capacity to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously.

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff.

Barack Obama presents as kind of a cool character, and I think that that's his natural personality.

Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.

I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing to be as in the dark about what happens next as your reader would be at that time.

We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

I think the question that nobody wanted to deal with is the question they're posing: did my kid die in vain? Because the answer is too awful.