Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.

One can live without having survived

If I just work when the spirit moves me, the spirit will ignore me.

A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript one hopes to publish.

For love I have invested my life with no return

Silence is the best melody.

Computers make me totally blank out.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

I didn't play in the NFL, and I didn't play defensive line. But football, at the fundamental level, is football. It's about motivating people and getting the best out of them.

The spirituality of the earth is an invitation to initiation, to the death of what we have been and the birth of something new

There are two kinds of marketing: expensive and inexpensive. Expensive marketing is the kind that doesn't work. Inexpensive marketing is the kind that works—regardless of cost.

I always feel compelled to lend my voice to things I strongly believe in.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

The present tense made him nervous.