The low bird is not picked tenderly out of the dust by its fellows; rather, it is dispatched quickly and without mercy.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

What you think and how you think, influences what you ink and how you ink.

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money.

Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a visionary and an educator.

Mitt Romney has made it clear that he believes that President Obama was born in the U.S.

What brought me into the TV business is what keeps me here and happy. You can learn something new every day if you have a really positive attitude.

That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be.

The ego does not, cannot live in the present, because the present is real and the ego is false - they never meet.

It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them.

Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.