Originality is always a strange thing. There's nothing original anymore. It's all something based on something in some way - even if it's not intentional. So that idea has been done.

I don't think social commentary should be planned, you just have to be truthful.

I'm not a politician and I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just exploring what I see.

As you get older you also start to lose your anger a bit.

I don't think you get anything good if you just accept everything the way it rolls out. You have to fight for what you believe in.

Tell me about the love you've lost. Maybe my story won't seem so horrifying.

You reproduce your life only when you work in the area of your calling

Any dream is a possibility.

As I was going up the stair I met a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. I wish I wish he'd stay away.

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

Some churches make intercessory prayer part of their weekly schedule. If that's not the case at your church, find another person in the faith to intercede with or go before God on your own.

Tragedy ought really to be a great kick at misery.

Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. "The night is dark and full of turnips," he announced in a solemn voice. "Let us all pray for venison, my children, with some onions and a bit of tasty gravy.

Shooting stuff on horseback is more complicated and time consuming than anything else.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.