Have you noticed how vocabularies fluctuate in order to cope with our need to justify ourselves?

First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it’s important that first marriages go wrong. That’s how we learn the truth about ourselves.

So, with all this time on my hands, I decided to start a revolution.

Kill a politician and you're tied to the motive that made you pull the trigger.

Almost pedantically, she added: "They're not really bombs-- they're acoustic provocations.

Sending everything they touch to the grave is what they do, but they don't see it as a grave mistake, yet.

My mother is quiet. The way he acts, she thinks it must mean he doesn't love her as much as she loves him

Though the customer is always right, there are some customers you do not want.

I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.

There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.

You get NOWT for being second.

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy; who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish themselves from the vulgar.