His vision was religious and clean, and therefore his paintings were without decoration or superfluous comment, since a religious man respects the power of God's creation to bear witness for itself.

Souls are like athletes, that need opponents worthy of them, if they are to be tried and extended and pushed to the full use of their powers, and rewarded according to their capacity.

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men!

One came out of the church with a kind of comfortable and satisfied feeling that something had been done that needed to be done, and that was all I knew about it.

How deluded we sometimes are by the clear notions we get out of books.

My mother was informing me, by mail, that she was about to die, and would never see me again.

You're a crazy woman, looking for an honest liar."Kyra to Rey (Reyes)

It's easy to forget how to appreciate your front door when you're always walking through it

I'm going to create my own opportunities. If I can't find the roles I want, I'll just make them.

When I left New York, after getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs.

I have a lot of books I want to write.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

I'm just not built for fairytale surprises.

Words are my passion / And out of them and me / I would create beauty.

I wake up from dreams and go, 'Wow, put this down on paper'. The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right there in front of your face.

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.