Go that way, past the viaduct, and the wops will jump you, or chase you into Jew town...Polacks would stomp on you...Micks will shower you with Irish confetti from the brickyards.

If the regular pay was important to him, the opportunity to learn was of even greater long-range significance.

Only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.

Instead of the bright, blue sky of America, I am covered with the soft, grey fog of the Emerald Isle. I breathe, and lo! the chattel becomes a man.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I've done lots of pieces on self-esteem and hair. There's a desire to conform, but if the encouragement to be yourself is there from loved ones, you'll find that later, that true self will come out.

When a promise is broken, the promise still remains. In one way or another, we are all unfaithful to each other, and physical unfaithfulness is not the worst kind there is.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

I want to show little girls that the possibilities are endless. That's my goal - to not only do it for myself, but to show them I can do whatever I put my mind to.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Now the dark air is like fire on my skin, And even the moonlight is blinding