Hearts know nothing of time-not age or length of acquaintance. They know only what they need.

Every men create some sound. Be a melody in this universe not a noise! If you become a melody, the whole universe will listen to you!

I felt something growing in me that was strong and real.

Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form of self-love.

The worst thing is a rainy day with no laughs

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

I live on hairspray. The bigger the hair, the closer to God.

Don’t try to write a novel. Write short stories and then figure out how to connect them.