There could be no honor in a sure success but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

Let me be candid, my party is full of racists

Let's go to Valhalla with the sun on our faces.

All artists are constantly looking for something and they don't always know what.

This is my genre...the happiness, tragedies, and the sorrows of mankind as realized in the teeming black ghetto.

And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.

If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out.

I would describe my work as expressionist. The expressionist point of view is stressing your own feelings about something.

To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.

If I don't have anything to do all day, I might not even put my pants on.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

In order to discern truth in our hearts, we must unpack the lies".

For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force.

Where would fashion be without literature?

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!

Every woman needed a husband, even if he did silence the song in her.

As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little bit about everything.

My first published novel, American Rust, took three and a half years of full-time work to write. But I wrote two apprentice novels before that.

I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.

Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.