I want to show that the dividing lines between sanity and mental illness have been drawn in the wrong place.

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.

It's not psychopathology that counts. It's what you do with it.

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

If we did not look to marriage as the principal source of happiness, fewer marriages would end in tears.

Whether a belief is considered to be a delusion or not depends partly upon the intensity with which it is defended, and partly upon the numbers of people subscribing to it.

The human spirit is not indestructible; but a courageous few discover that, when in hell, they are granted a glimpse of heaven.

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.

The creative person is constantly seeking to discover himself, to remodel his own identity, and to find meaning in what he creates.

The sane are madder than we think, the mad saner.

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.

While there is a lower class, I am in it. While there is a criminal element, I am of it.While there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure.

The struggle is part of your story but Everything will be in place in the right situation at a perfect time.

I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself.

The topics just kind of come to me. If they are relevant, it's because they're happening in the world around me, and it's affecting me. Poetry is my way of dealing with it.

I wanted to play for the New York Yankees. That was the bottom line. I wanted to be there and play in that new stadium.

God waits for us to create him.

It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!

Live each day as if it were the last day of your life because, so far, it is.

You know, the Super Bowl is so fresh that every single commercial is even on, you know, some next-level entertainment.