I slammed out of the Priest Hole and started walking, heading nowhere in particular. Sometimes you just need to go through a door.

It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it.

Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.

It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

In heaven . . . the “communication gap” will be closed.

I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.

Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not the efficient cause of the emotion, we can either love or hate it.

My books are more about people experimenting with different identities and social models in a short-term way before they can break through to something authentic.

In terms of magnifying it and making it plausible, I'm a great believer in truth in comedy.

After all, why be good? How many will actually believe it of us?

What I get in rock 'n' roll that I don't get in movies is that connection with people. With music it's instantaneous, and just to watch people light up, it's really amazing. I love that connection.

I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the different elements of my work as a performer, and use it as a stand-up comedian.

I love the fans, and I respect the fans, and I want them to go out and support movies.

God gives gifts to everyone, some can write, some can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most of it.