I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.

There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.

Nothing fine and noble will ever perish from the earth as long as there are hearts to remember.

... nothing ever dies that's worth remembering.

For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know

[My stories were] an excuse for making pictures.

Kill the snake of doubt in your soul crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.

I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.

We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear.

Cricket is great, but I'm not as comfortable with everything else that goes with it.

Everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite.

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

Curran and I mixed about as well as glycerin and nitric acid: put us together, shake a bit, and hit the deck as we exploded.

I think the songs are more about relationships that are endless.

Outside of Christ, my songs have no value

Women are like parking spots, the best ones are handicapped.