I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

We can all be free Maybe not with words Maybe not with a look But with your mind

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

I got more guts than brains, and that's my problem.

Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.

I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.

Oh I do believe In all the things you see What comes is better Than what came before

Never give up, no, never give up If you're looking for something easy You might as well give it up.

I am human and I make mistakes.

I've always done things myself. I've never bragged or screamed that I produced a record before. I never told anybody.

I need to be able to face things.

God comes down in the evenings to chat with man, enjoy man's company and find out how man faired in the course of the day.

Make a change! It's all about you! You may not be able to prevent the bird from flying over your head

When asked to contribute ten dollars to a lawyer's funeral I said: "Here's fifty. Bury five of them."

Every time I bomb out, I have to come back. I have a feeling after a bad race that my next one will be good.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

Silence is the only Voice of our God.

What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves!

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.

History shows that there is no more potent engine for reform than the passion of voters who feel betrayed by the politicians they hoped would do the right thing.

The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.