It is not very often that an opportunity comes knocking. But when it does, you better be bathed and dressed and ready to answer its call.

Writing a novel is like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces aren't even fixed in shape. Yet, somehow, they all come together in the end to form the complete picture.

What door is opened into soul through our wounds.

There is so much evil in emphasizing too much miracles.

When you don't feel to dress means that you are depressed. You need a fashion shower.

The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension.

Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.

If you wish to discern either the presence or absence of integrity, you need to ask only one question. What is missing? Has anything been left out?

I know what I'll be preaching in the spring, what I'll be preaching in the summer, and what I'll be preaching next fall.

I'd love to work with David Lynch. I'm such a big fan. He's a genius.

Perhaps, perhaps this would be the one to pull me out of my plunge.

The Four Oaths: Never be late with respect to the way of the warrior; be useful to the lord; be respectful to your parents; get beyond love and grief: exist for the good of man.