My goal, if I was going to do art, fine art, would have been to become Picasso or greater.

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Even a broke clock is right twice a day

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

This is my life homie, you decide yours

Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

Nothing in life is promised except death.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am

You're not perfect, but you're not your mistakes.

You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.

It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.

We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government.

I listen to too many people. I'm only going to listen to my gut for the rest of my life.

Every writer has his own voice. Other than that I'm always trying to do change-ups and publishers haven't always been happy about that.

Professional psychologists seem to think that they are the only people who make sense out of human actions. The rest of us know that everybody tries to do just this. What else is gossip?

Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

I think poetry is the best thing I do. It's certainly the purest. I seem to switch gears without too much trouble. Non-fiction is in many ways the easiest to write.

You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

If you want to do something, anything, with all your heart, you will find a way.

I want a life of good sport, good people and the competition that goes with it.