My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things.

I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered, And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before, Suddenly ceasedTo matter.

Knowledge is very vital in life's transformation and transition

How clumsily we love this world:looking into that vast darkness, waiting for the telescopeto send down unseen colors of light.

I had written a book that dealt with really serious issues. Was anybody going to want to read a Christmas love story from me?

Depression is anger slowed down; panic is grief speeded up.

To review ones store is to mow twice.

There's no denying that television is one of the most powerful propaganda media we've ever invented.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire.

Social climbing and power climbing -- the two are often synonymous -- are what make Washington run. ... If there are more than two people together, if there are three, one of them is climbing.

Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.