I know certain truths about life.

They're just words. And words alone don't really mean anything. It's what you feel and what you believe when you say them that matter.

I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.

The Little Drummer Boy" was playing in the background for what seemed like the third time in a row. I fought off an urge to beat that Little Drummer Boy seneless with his own drumsticks.

The roof was torn off the gym. God's way of telling the jocks that they'd better remember who's really charge.

No guile? Nay, but so strangely He moves among us. . Not this Man but Barabbas! Release to us Barabbas!

The way I think of my work is that I have to think up the way to tell a story, starting from scratch. The changes in the industry concern me in a general way because I think civilization is doomed.

I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man."

There is no such thing as too much fun. People need to know it is O.K. to tell jokes and be happy.

It would be important for someone to understand how much our music means to us. Our music comes first right now and hopefully for ever.

Strawberry fields forever

Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort of where it's at.

I am trying to keep growing and improving as a writer.

A mind that is very selective to forms... is apt to use its images metaphorically, to exploit their possible significance for the conception of remote or intangible ideas.