Of all the religions in the world, perhaps the religion of liberty is the only faith capable of purity.

Most men claim to desire driven, independent and confident women. Yet when confronted with such a creature reverence often evolves into resent. For just like women, men need to be needed.

We the people have no excuse for starry-eyed sycophantic group-think in the Information Age. Knowledge is but a fingertip away.

True art is thoughtful, emotional examination of how human themes impact the overall experience of existing. The rest is kitsch.

I'm not a writer. Ernest Hemingway was a writer. I just have a vivid imagination and type 90 WPM.

If the novel is dead, I'm a necrophiliac.

While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.

Women that can work a camera with ease often work men just as effortlessly for both require the same commitment to vanity and manipulation.

No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host.

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.

Nothing renews my faith in humanity more than the exchange of compassion so profound that mere words cannot embrace it.

It was strange that one couldn’t know in advance which places one was later going to wish to remember.

I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because they are irrational.

If you devote yourself entirely to a pursuit, there is no way you cannot find beauty and fulfillment.

It will all go on as long as women are stupid enough to go on bringing men into the world. . .

The scariest people are usually the sweetest.

With knowledge there is no hope,... without hope I would sit motionless, rusting like unused armor.

Philosophy is tested and characterised by the way in which it appropriates its history.

Bieber has 10 million fans - most are in middle schools, or standing at least 500 feet away from one.

Sourav's greatest strength is his mind. He is hardworking - not only in the nets but also mentally. He bounces back.

Many people love my music. Many do not understand it. In general my music is more easily understood by younger people in Mali, and by people outside Africa.