Even when in the midst of trials and tribulations, never take your mental sight off from the precious prize that lies ahead. You were born to win, and the seeds of greatness are in you.

TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Beauty is the illumination of your soul.

There was no echo, no reverberation. If anything the room ate sound. It swallowed her voice, her words, and her eternal, inadequate apology. But not her memories. She would never be rid of those.

Anna would like you, he thinks, looking into her face. Anna would like you.

I don't talk for the sake of talking. I do become intoxicated with sound. When I open my mouth, it's to say something.

I feel like I was born and bred to stay self-motivated. I'm not one of those people who ho-hums and feels sorry for himself when something's bad.

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt.

I hope nobody I wrote about becomes too upset.

Being an American musician means being adventurous.

Iraq war has made us overlook domestic agenda.