Hope is believing in something that eludes you. It's a desperate feeling in a desperate situation.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.

Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.

I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction

Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.

A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it.

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

The communication block between men and

Our life is full of empty space.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

The abnormal, the sick, the vicious have become more and more interwoven into the violent culture of the United States. Into the way news is seen, into the way movies are seen.

Goose Gossage is a friend of mine, and he's definitely a Hall of Fame pitcher in my mind.

A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.

A woman's life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you'll learn that soon enough...and the parts that look like magic turn out to be the messiest of all.

Literary education must follow the education of the hand -the one gift that distinguishes man from beast.

I love Greek Mythology, wish there was a TV series, like being human or smallville, but with the series based around Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Holla Mayne!

There is no universal template that can be applied to everybody. So everyone kind of enter the process in their own way, on their own time.