The more specific you are, the more universal you are.

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

What man can imagine he may one day achieve.

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

The truth is like Light, it can never be Hidden. Is a matter of time

Stay encouraged and stay motivated! You are greater than you know.

The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity’s captive.

I can't stand clutter. I can't stand piles of stuff. And whenever I see it, I basically just throw the stuff away.

Have you ever seen a witness? That's what she called herself. Not a ghost, those don't exist, and not an angel, those do, but a witness." "No." "Ever heard the term?" "Outside of a legal trial, no.

Anger is one of the most intimate of emotions and to expose it to strangers is one of the most stupid and sickening things to do. Never get angry with strangers because they are strangers.

One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of music, or rather of the world by means of music.

To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your life.

I think that the over-incarceration of black and brown folk is one of the great crimes of American society.

In times like these, we need each other. We must bond together in spirit and in service.