God is the God of the people who are at their wits end, who are right up against it with their backs to the wall, and He delights to come to our help when we need Him most.

There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real.

Love must wait; it must break one’s bones.

Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave

Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening, and sometimes they rise from the past. Perhaps it's the same with people.

I'm a frotteur, someone who likes to rub words in his hand, to turn them around and feel them, to wonder if that really is the best word possible.

I deem as heroic those who have the harder task, face it unflinchingly and live. In this world women do that.

Dresscodes are for styleless people.

Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.

What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish.

I like aristocracy. I like the beauty of aristocracy. I like the hierarchical feeling.

I am afloat on a sea of foaming joy and delight.

Christianity is the only system of faith which combines religious beliefs with corresponding principles of morality. It builds ethics on religion.

Pushers don't pay taxes.

People often overestimate what will happen in the next two years and underestimate what will happen in ten.

It is brought home to you...that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.

Our fans make the band. What they give we give right back. They're an integral part of us. They ARE us.

As a job seeker, remember this: You only lack experience if they want it done the same old way.

Not to discount my music, but I'm always suspicious of the music that I make on some level, as to how valid it is. Or maybe not "valid," but how important.

I won my tournament. I won the Silver Medal.

You know I'm getting a little tired of waiting for you to catch on.