The difference between a novelist and someone who tinkers around with writing is this: novelists finish their books.

The comeback need to always be more effective than the downfall!

I figure you're only here for a matter of moments. Ever since I was a kid watching movies I've always wanted to make people laugh or have some sort of emotional reaction.

I like to borrow forms and quotes and use a lot of allusions, in both poetry and music.

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

I've made this conscious decision to tell people on the street when I think they're wearing something great. If more people did that, the world would be a better place.

The end is now the beginning.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.

Race designation is a political designation.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.