Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

Loneliness is a good education. You learn the things no crowds can teach and you discover the things no crowds can give.

If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

My mom was a seamstress, and I wish I'd learned to sew because I'm obsessed with 'Project Runway!'

Psychos and megalomaniacs are my forte, remember? They all wanna hang with me

I will never become a director or a movie producer. I was always looking at picture directing because I didn't know what to do! You can't be a movie director without real preparation.

Don't think of it as art, think of it as work.

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics.

By voting for a candidate, we're not endorsing a particular lifestyle. We're simply voting on the issues.