I love working with my hands. My writing is rough, my paper bruised with ink stains.

Alphabet: a symbolic system used in algebra, with applications that have yet to be discovered by dyslexics and two thirds of college graduates.

The idealist hopes. The romantic sees doom. The postmodernist sees doom and hopes.

The lampshade on my head is for my bright ideas. I won't be able to convey them until Monday, when my curtain gets out of the dry cleaners.

Pure joy is rare. That’s why for every meal I eat a really bloody steak.

Mom always said I was born to sit in the electric chair, but I'm proving her wrong. I'm going to die on my knees, begging for my life.

I bet there are a lot of women out there who want to sleep with a guy who reads. And being the head of the reading foundation, I’m very well endowed.

Night clubs are where Americans learn the laws of motion.

Education: learning to find your purpose. Upon finding your purpose: what did I learn?

If all women revealed their age, men would have nothing to hide from each other.

Bike lane: the section of the road that accommodates wide loads and has speed bumps to protect drunk drivers.

Children and babies should be held in the most sacred regard. We feel that they're the most natural and true magicians.

I do not consider myself beautiful.

My parents taught my sister and me the importance of giving back and making a difference in another person's life.

My personal opinion is that you can't be racist towards white people. You can be prejudiced about them, but being prejudiced isn't an illegal act, whereas being racist can be.

Do you feel more loved when God makes much of you or do you feel more loved when God at the cost of His Son allows you to make much of Him?

I always write a story in one sitting.

The world is made by the people who show up for the job.

My main thing is not eating processed food.

Getting out of bed is a good way to leave your troubles behind.

Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey will my song be when I sing, O Beloved, in the season of the Spring!