The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

The spirit of God is mighty upon us.

You can move through life seeing nothing as a miracle, or seeing everything as a miracle.

There is always some basic principle that will ultimately get the Republican party together. If my observations are worth anything, that basic principle is the cohesive power of public plunder.

I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.

I think perception is important.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

I see the stars. I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior, God, to thee.

I woke up this mornin' Feelin' round for my shoes Know 'bout I got these, Old walkin' blues.

What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.

At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break magical realism.