He gave me a small, secretive smile, a smile that said he knew many things but couldn’t share them all at once.

I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.

Perhaps a hero is someone who doesn’t register his own vulnerability. Is it courage, then, if you’re too daft to know you’re mortal?

Too many words for one book--truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.

She was not a writer herself but she was a very good reader, passionate and eclectic in her tastes, and my father had great faith in her judgments.

It made me happy that poems are referred to in the present tense even when the poet is in the past tense.

Don’t worry, my friend. I won’t let you die.” I was seventeen and stupid and I believed him.

Every life matters. Be like Mother Nature and love everyone without judging.

Any man's life can be seen as a series of engagements with his fathers, Including the surrogates provided by life and literature.

I once was absolutely useless, and God in His grace has made me useful.

Top-down approaches do not work. The bottleneck is at the top of the bottle.

The only guy who's honest is the guy who sings in the shower. Everyone else is a prostitute.

I never pay attention, to no numbers, no views, comments ... I just try to keep on going, keep on living my life so I can continue to put out music that's real.

You were never taught how to talk with your face like you speak with words.

Earth, air, and ocean, glorious three.

Whatever you're thinking, think bigger.

In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.