Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray.

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

You fill my soul with hope and love.Together, we will remain through the heavens above.One soul, together. For always and forever…

They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city.

In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head.

My religion is kindness. A good mind, a good heart, warm feelings these are the most important things.

Don't start me talking, I could talk all night. My mind goes sleepwalking while I'm putting the world right.

Be not afraid to pray--to pray is right. Pray, if thou canst, with hope; but ever pray, Though hope be weak or sick with long delay; Pray in the darkness, if there be no light.

Heroism is the antidote to evil.

Well one of the times I did a stunt was in the devil’s snare room and they lifted me up on a harness and a safety rope really, really high, and they just dropped me down into the devil’s snare.

New habits can be launched.