I've always as a performer on stage tend to sort of throw myself into the character, whatever I've written about, so it depends on how I'm writing or what I'm writing about.

I don't think Bono decided to be ambitious, he just is. But if this country ever ran out of electricity, just shove a plug up his hole and it would run for a week.

As I'm getting older, I'm getting funkier. So that's what I'm wearing. Funky shoes.

I'm actually quite modest. All I want is a nice car. All I want is a drink at midnight on Sunday night and I'll be a very happy man.

Music and books were my inspiration too. I read avidly as a kid. And that's the beautiful thing about books and music and even movies, is that you can actually escape. You can go into other worlds.

I like a fine wine. Who can beat that? I don't think it helps writing; I think it's a hinderance. It helps numb you.

I get anxious but worry doesn't really do any good. If something is broken or in trouble, you've got to bend down, pick it up and fix it. Worry just makes us get wrinkles. So try not worrying.

Friday was added to my nickname because I have a talent of getting on with most people. So it's a bit of a man Friday thing.

The writer identifies the thought behind every written word.

Give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.

We must never so thoroughly disrespect someone that they are beyond the pale and, therefore, have no possibility of being changed.

It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.

The best friend a man can have is reading and writing, and the bad ones to avoid are Go and chess and flute and pipe.

If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting

A good deal is a state of mind.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Once you get the government involved in agriculture you'll have nothing but problems and expenses.