The most classic horror tale of this latter type is the Old Testament story of Job, who becomes human Astro-Turf in a kind of spiritual Superbowl between God and Satan.

We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other ... except through faith.

Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.

Most gothics are overplotted novels whose success or failure hinges on the author's ability to make you believe in the characters and partake of the mood.

Death in the horror movies is when the monsters get you.

Some werewolves are hairy on the inside.

Yoga is the process of eliminating pain – pain form the body, mind and the society.

Beating drums while doing a kindness to someone is a very ugly show of ego!

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

The secret of success is sincerity.

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

Politeness is the poison of collaboration.

Your mind is totally controlled, it has been stuffed into my mold. And you will do as you are told, until the rights to you are sold.

I feel blessed that I get to be part of entertaining people in any capacity.

If I can play one note and make you cry, then that's better than those fancy dancers playing twenty notes.