It was the Lord's love and my recognition of His presence in my life that made me realize how important it was to give Him the glory and be there for Him.

You don't write a book to show off.

The more knowledge you've got, the more understanding you have, the better you are able to implement and pass it on to others.

A real friend is someone who does n0t give you expectation about delivering on some kind of peer group pressure.

I began to pay attention to Scripture and meet people who walked the walk, and little by little, I guess you could call me a born again Christian. 1978 is when I found my walk with the Lord.

I went to parochial grammar school, and I give thanks to the Catholic training because of course, they brought me to the heart of Jesus.

Progressive rock was happening.

...the depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.

Love, too, was just a question of time

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

I wanted us to have an adventure. Because I love that crap. Because I'm not whatever-her-name-is. I don't think it's oh so hard to walk four miles in the snow. I want that. I love that.

Mistakes are like bad loves, the more you learn from them, the more you wish they’d never happened.

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.

I have my own personal opinions, but they're just that.

In the last century, everybody was singing lower.

Maybe there would be a Tinker city someday, too. They would buy up all of the colored dye, and everyone else in the world would ave to wear brown.' -Mat

You get into an elevator and there's music playing. You hear it, but you're not into it. That is passive.