Laughter is very young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.

When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.

Great imaginations are apt to work from hints and suggestions, and a single moment of emotion is sometimes sufficient to create a masterpiece.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

Be busy with your free life.

All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010)

Your vision becomes broader when you encounter God daily

I'm a survivalist and a survivor.

I never was able to believe in the existence of next year except as in a metaphysical notion.

All public resources go to the rich. The poor, if they can survive in the labor market, fine. Otherwise, they die. That's economics in a nutshell.

You do not need proof for what people want to believe.

Jennifer [Lawrence] is amazingly grounded in the midst of all this to do. It must be unnerving and hard to relate to the amount of attention she generates.