If a man has any brains at all, let him hold on to his calling, and, in the grand sweep of things, his turn will come at last.

Creativity is not intelligence, it is the ability to do what you did not know through the use of what you know.

A person realizes inner calm and a state of rapturous peacefulness with nature whenever they stand in solitude and contemplate their existence in an infinite world filled with multiple galaxies.

At times our children may not be in possession of a good spirit; but if the parent continues to possess the good Spirit, the children will have the bad spirit but a short time.

I just want to be able to keep my house and pay for my son's school tuition in Los Angeles.

...our family is white as far back on the family tree as I've ever looked, and I guess I picture people white white white unless someone tells me otherwise

I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me.

The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.

I want to show people as they are, not glorified, no shame - fat, bulges, wrinkles and all. I want the work to be disturbing, unsettling, provocative, challenging, and thought provoking.

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

If you are trying to get out of the hole, stop digging.