Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't.

Nothing in business is so valuable as time.

New pain heals old pain.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

President Obama said that we rely too much on gadgets. He gave a passionate speech about technology, but he had to stop when the teleprompter broke.

Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like.

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.

Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.

I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger.

The mind messes up more shots than the body.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.