People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

The best friends you will ever have are the ones who don't make you feel like you owe them a damn thing.

It's amazing and sad what we have to do to survive sometimes.

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

The future is meant for those who are willing to let go of the worst parts of the past. When you cannot take two steps without turning around to inspect your footsteps, you are getting nowhere fast.

Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.

Live your life, no matter what that life is.

Bad things happen when good people pretend nothing is wrong.

You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.

Our proximity keeps us honest. Our intentions keep us strangers.

Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?

To change reality, change your thoughts and perceptions.

I believe, and I may be wrong, the system sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Prison is supposed to rehabilitate, but they don't do that in a lot of cases.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.

Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely.

The mind may be exhausted, but the language of the heart is inexhaustible.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

Experience teaches us only one thing at a time - and hardly that, in my case.

Conspiracy nut, leftist, madman. These are terms of dismissal so you don't have to listen to the argument. It would be healthier and more fun to hear what someone has to say.

I have standards. Well, okay, they're love standards, but I have them.

The clergy know that I know that they know that they do not know.