The key to not getting rejected if you're writing for a magazine, is to know to read that magazine and know everything about them before you ever make a submission.

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop.

It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.

A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way.

I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?

Stage fright is very common and could be overcomed through step by step processes, but stuttering is a fright that takes time to conquer.

Darkness is strong and so is Sin But surely God endures forever!

Begin somewhere you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

What is fascinating about marriage is why anyone wants to get married.

When you break it all down, my punk rock is my dad's blues. It's music from the underground, and it's real, and it's written for the downtrodden in uncertain times.

Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one gives to their body.

Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.

Sleep ... peace of the soul, who puttest care to flight.

Making money is a common sense. It's not rocket science. But unfortunately, when it comes to money, common sense is uncommon.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.