No one actually lives as if there is no objective truth.

The Bible itself claims that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".

With every literary genre or form come some conventional expectations that the biblical authors either follow or deviate from.

Leadership. A gun to protect or a gun to kill. Your choice.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution

Emotional attachments are messy. They end with broken hearts and stalking.

You shape your own destiny.

If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it.

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters.

The only time I know that something is true is the moment I discover it in the act of writing.

I'm from the Midwest, and guys like me don't go on diets. We don't do well on spinning classes.

I made a lot of friends over the years and I would always look at what they were eating. All of them were skinny. I would think that I would like to eat like that.

Being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home. I couldn't figure out whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three.