There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Survival is triumph enough.

Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.

we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react and others pay.

Plateaus are a manifestation of the law of diminishing returns, and when we reach one it simply means that it is time to adjust our methods.

We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversation, and all similar actions.

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense.

People don't mind if you have a lot of money if they know you're working for it.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

You can't settle a 50-year conflict in 52 weeks.

The days blur into one, and the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done.

One thing I do know is that we are fortunate to be here and we're here to try and better ourselves and to be good.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.