Sophistication is upscale conformity.

Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.

Nothing important comes with instructions.

What is more yours than what always holds you back?

The best way to know your faults is to notice which ones you accuse others of.

Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.

When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.

The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.

It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.

All work is the avoidance of harder work.

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines.

The most tried and true way to put God first is to read His Word, the Bible, and obey it. There are no shortcuts to spiritual growth.

I think poor poetry writing skills are excused when you’re simply trying to flush out emotions.

An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.

I keep everything that is most important to me close to me: my family, my bible, my X-Box - just kidding.

I love really, really deep, dark-as-Russia storylines. I love supernatural aspects. I grew up with ghost stories.

Most of us float with the river and there are a few people who move the river. Robert DeNiro is definitely one of them.

You can always speak with great authority on how well you played today, but never on how you'll play tomorrow.

You don't want to be too uptight about anything. Especially your job.

This is tough but CHERUB's are tougher

If we are what we eat, why aren't we new, improved, fat-free, and light.