[Early on,] the attitude was that what I was doing wasn't music.

The stronger person is not the one making the most noise but the one who can quietly direct the conversation toward defining and solving problems.

Cognitive therapy seeks to alleviate psychological stresses by correcting faulty conceptions and self-signals. By correcting erroneous beliefs we can lower excessive reactions.

You know, we all have our inner demons. I, for one - I can't speak for you, but I'm on the verge of moral collapse at any time. It can happen by the end of the show.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

What we don't have a right to is healthcare, housing, or handouts. We don't have those rights.

Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.

Let the desert wind cool your aching head. Let the weight of the world - drift away instead

At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

Our lives begin to end when we begin to forget to love.

He's the beating pulse of every cause dear to me.

Life is not about success

I manage a toast to the Christmas treeand one to the sweet absurdityin the miracle of the verb to be.Lucky you, lucky me.

When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say what is to me the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works.

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

...Though we chisel away as best we can at the mysterious block from which our life is made, the black vein of destiny continually reappears.