In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.

People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds.

Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.

Surround yourself with brilliance.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.

Music is a spiritual doorway. ... Its power comes from the fact that It plugs directly into the soul.

Words, they climb all over you/'Til they uncover you From where you hide.

Whenever there's a camera around, a video or film camera, it's a great deal harder for those in power to bury the story.

Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.

Self-conscious, uncertain, I'm showered by the dust. But the spirit enters into me and I submit to trust.

The compact between writing and walking is almost as old as literature -- a walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.

Humans did not want to know about non-humans. Funny thing was most non-humans felt the same way, happy to hide their abilities and talents to avoid witch hunts and wholesale slaughter.

Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that'll get you home earlier.

The more people who are dependent on government handouts, the more votes the left can depend on for an ever-expanding welfare state.

The king just sits there, moving one square at a time. The queen can move so freely. I suppose I’d rather lose the game than forfeit her freedom.

It's very heartening to see people who I used to do music with still doing it.

Am I incapable of living with the one sole guarantee, that I'm still here? Am I afraid of living because I fear death?

Disinformation, in order to be effective, must be 90% accurate.

Anyone who has had the experience of going through American security checks knows the purpose of these checks is not to make you safer; it's just to annoy you.

Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys.