Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?

Eliminate all distractions and focus on things that add value to your life

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

Through my fiction, I make mainstream readers see the new Americans as complex human beings, not as just The Other.

You can't just sit in emptiness. Even the enlightened don't sit in emptiness. We call it emptiness - but we move our mind into a world of light.

If you have a body you are a dancer

I like to keep my feet on the sidewalk.

One thing that will make you quit smoking is sitting across from Keith Richards all night. I don't mind being ugly, but I sure don't want to look like that.

I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.

You know, people think I named myself Meat Loaf, even though I didn't. And they think anyone who would name himself Meat Loaf couldn't have an IQ higher than four.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.