I was quite a shy child – not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.

I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

I find it weird that people want to know about you.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.

I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.

I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.

It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.

Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.

The closer the people of all races get to Christ and His cross, the closer they will get to one another.

He is much to be dreaded who stands in dread of poverty.

I'm definitely open to change, but at the same time I am quite stubborn.

I didn't make it to where I am today because of the support, more so because of the lack of it.

Much more prevalent than physical fear is the fear of criticism, rejection, and verbal opposition.

I think it is important to do what you believe in and ignore the critics.

Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.

The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest.

Pay and the story rolls. Steal and the story folds. No stealing from the blind newsboy.