Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

It's not about being educated, it's about being civilised.

I believe the sign of maturity is accepting deferred gratification.

If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.

There is no such thing as a successful defense.

For me, the music is always like the small rowboat I get into at the very beginning of my process.

A concealed truth, that's all a lie is. Either by omission or commission we never do more than obscure. The truth stays in the undergrowth, waiting to be discovered.

I thought I'd gone to heaven, because I grew up watching Roy and Gene Autry

I act for free, but I demand a huge salary as compensation for all the annoyance of being a public personality. In that sense, I earn every dime I make.

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.