Keats was getting a reputation just when he was too ill to appreciate it or build on it: his country was taking notice of him just when he would have to leave it.

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion.

Committing yourself to some kind of job that isn't committed to God is going to bring so much trouble into your life. It's not good and not something I would suggest that someone seek.

Jesus didn't die on the cross to BLESS our life, He did it to CHANGE our life.

Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight.

Her voice is full of money.

Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder.

Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us.

I'm still rough around the edges and need a lot of polishing.

When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.