I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose.

No, I don't regret anything at this point. That may change on the next phone call, but at the moment I don't regret anything.

Babies have big heads and big eyes, and tiny little bodies with tiny little arms and legs. So did the aliens at Roswell! I rest my case.

You have to create your life. You have to carve it, like a sculpture.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

How do I stay so healthy and boyishly handsome? It's simple. I drink the blood of young runaways.

We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?

Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

A father should do more - a father should give more to his children than he takes.

What is a Man / Woman who does not try and make the World Better?

Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.

The whistle is always waiting to be blown, and in some ways, it gets me to do better work.

I have to say that I saw terrorists in 2002, went to Islamabad, Pakistan, and met women who were supporting this ideology. I call them the Taliban Ladies Auxiliary back then.

Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each man must go through the fire himself.

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

I have seen the vision and for self I cannot live; Life is less than worthless till my all I give.

Whether or not you reach your goals in life depends entirely on how well you prepare for them and how badly you want them.

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.