No book or poem is ever finished, merely abandoned.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

God rewards every act of obedience to His Will.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.

As actors we try to find different sides of ourselves.

One conscious breathe in and out is a meditation.

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.

I'm the strongest bodybuilding who ever lived, I think.

I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident.

write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.

We can't help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.