My primary lesson, however, was that I'm a solo writer, happiest when I'm making all the executive decisions. I've always been willing to rise or fall on my own merits.

Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

God save us from the people who want to do what's best for us.

If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too.

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

Kinsey was never a lawyer. She's strictly blue collar.

I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.

I love being single. It's almost like being rich.

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.

Instead of thinking outside the box, Get rid of the box.

Good and great are seldom in the same man.

I've been a huge horror fan since I was about eight years old, which is a little bit young to be watching scary movies.

To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.

I've always used songwriting as a way to help me organise reality.

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.

What we preach is what we get. We are farmers sowing seed. If we are unhappy with the harvest we’re reaping, we should sow different seed. If we want different results, we preach different messages.

Religions should be understood as only the fingers that point to the moon, not the moon itself.

No man's hand has ever yet reached up to take as much as the Pierced Hand is reaching down to give.