The older you get the more you live in the past

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

You could say I’m so manly I don’t even allow manly stereotypes to influence my actions

Human rights

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you.

I'm always trying to bring as many poetic properties as possible to the essay without making it too overburdened.

For some reason our lives were marked by summers. . . . Summer was the time when our lives joined completely, when we all had our birthdays, when really important things happened

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness

The truth is the thing I invented so I could live.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

Don’t question in the dark what God showed you in the light.

I believe that God wants us to show respect.