I'm almost completely without family and it's a very odd feeling in life. I have no children.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything else.

Best fights happens in suits.because its the mouth who kills while suits becomes the shields & its not the death we fear but the life we choose.

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.

He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.

I love all the different ways that New Yorkers show their individuality through what they choose to wear.

Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states.

Risk being seen in all of your glory.

I wouldn't mind the rat race - if the rats would lose once in a while.