I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not.

I do not take orders from women.”“My men do not have a similar problem.” Lada lifted a hand. The man fell, a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.

Why must I always be a man's servant?" Lada demanded. "If anything, I should be partners with the devil, not his servant.

Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

Learning to "just say no" to emotional reactions isn't repression. Saying no means not engaging the frustration, anger, judgment, or blame. Without engagement, you won't have anything to repress.

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight.

A vital force is active in every individual and leads it towards its own evolution.

He stopped everything behind the plate and hit everything in front of it.

Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order." - John V. Lindsay "No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

Life is chaotic and unpredictable. If a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, it could cause people at the opposite end of the globe to watch a Discovery Channel special on butterflies

I could not tell Himmler everything because he was too false and two-faced.