It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

judge not that ye be not judged

Live a passionate life. Life can end any time, any day.

Not every poor or unemployed person who has one wears a political party’s t-shirt to reveal their political affiliation

Find a strong glue and stick yourself to honesty! You shall feel like a wind, so light and so free!

WORDS SHLD BE FREE. RELEASE THEM FROM THEIR SENTENCES.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

By the time you've reached your sixties, you do know that one day you will die, and knowing that is at least the beginning of wisdom.

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.

Silence is the medium of source between you and your ego consciousness.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong.