He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

judge not that ye be not judged

No amount of service we do can impress God, only our service to ordinary people can

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

Only love can break a heart into so many pieces. -Risika(In The Forest Of The Night)

The most important thing for old guys is never start going down the stairs sideways.

I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at.

Science should leave off making pronouncements: the river of knowledge has too often turned back on itself.

Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me.

I think it's the best thing I've ever done. I think it's realistic, and it's true to the me that has been developing over the years. I like first-person music.

The scandal of the world is what makes the offence; it is not sinful to sin in silence.

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.