I must be dead for there is nothing but blue snow and the furious silence of a gunshot.

Love is like a reptile, you cut off its tail and it grows another one." Kiss Me Judas

Anything you can imagine is probably true. And the worst you can imagine is probably worth money.

And my life went to pieces, like a love letter in the rain.

Disappear, she says. I love that word.

I am so stupid, so easily fooled. It's really almost funny. If I could lift a finger I would gladly kill myself.

Reality is in the business of killing off fiction.

A friend is like anything else. A dog, a plant. You ignore them and they tend to die on you.

Sorrow is like the ocean and sometimes I wish my heart would stop.

...men are much softer than women, more sentimental. They cry at the movies and pretend not to. The male of the species is weak. He doesn’t tolerate pain well.

Solitude, a time for memories, a time to dream, a time for passions to simmer quietly in the dark recesses of the mind, eager to fly yet merely reflections in the minds eye...

Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not.

Man is the only creature which rises by bowing for he finds elevation in his subjection to his Maker.

Escaping into the fantasy of intellectual investigation or narrative story telling makes me feel hopeful. That too is a fiction, but one that makes me feel good sometimes.

I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished if we don't take any chances at all.

I love bookstores. I love the energy in a bookstore and the smell of the paper.

Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties.

I am always most religious upon a sunshiny day.

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

When God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.