I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

Im going to be shaking my booty when Im 55.

I wish I had appreciated my youth - I should have worn tighter clothing when I could have!

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

I've raised my daughter with no television.

TV holds a close second to cars for destroying our society. It's a failed experiment.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?

I have a hard time with morals. All I know is what feels right, what's more important to me is being honest about who you are. Morals I get a little hung up on.

If there was a simple formula for success and it was easy to follow, everyone would be doing it.

You want to finish something when it's good. You don't want to be the last one at the party!

Dead men have no victory.

When I do a novel, I don't really use the script, I use the book; when I did Apocalypse Now, I used Heart of Darkness. Novels usually have so much rich material.

Jax Cassidy is a brilliant new voice in contemporary fiction. Full of heat, seduction, and romance, her winning characters are sure to capture your heart and find a place on your keeper shelf.

Most of the time, strategies should not be formulating strategy at all; they should be getting on with implementing strategies they already have.

I’ll tell you this, I may be dead but my ideas will not die.

Somewhere at the heart of the universe sounds the true mystic note: Me.

You're still trying to protect me. Real or not real," he whispers. "Real," I answer. "Because that's what you and I do, protect each other.