It's not always the style of tattooing but the rather the subject matter that drives me. I love tattooing anything from mythology to comic book superheroes.

We are where our thoughts have taken us.

I don't have one specific tattooing specialty. I enjoy doing full-color new school, portraits, neo-traditional, realistic, black and gray, ultra detailed art, etc... but always custom.

I like walking into the studio everyday and having completely custom, diverse artwork to do. And my clients keep the interesting ideas flowing in.

Although my everyday artwork is tattoo oriented, I definitely do not try to limit my art or art mediums.

There are always a lot of jokes and good vibes floating through the studio so tattooing all day doesn't feel like a job. It's rewarding to see my clients as excited as I am.

I get to do some kind of artwork almost everyday and it just so happens that I can pay the bills and support my family while doing it.

Tattooing is historical, cultural and a great form of art but it should always be safe for both the client and the tattoo practitioner.

Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.

When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying.

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.

I believe that we will move forward a little tomorrow but I have my doubts that we will achieve a result.

A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man.

This year - today - I am repenting of my dependence on fossil fuels.

There is nothing to which men cling more tenaciously than the privileges of class.

It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards.

We all long for someone with whom we are able to share our peculiar burdens of being alive.

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.