This ravishing world. This achingly bittersweet, ravishing world.

The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant

Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.

Would somebody please tell him whose idea it had been to kill the entire state of Colorado?

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

Do you eat all of the men in the family? Where do they go? Does this house have a basement?

Answer the question “ what am I living for?” and become a master in this field, serve others with your gift, because you were created exactly with this goal

Music is one of the highest art forms there is. It can define a life, change a life, or even safe a life, in just three short minutes.

The same people who recognize I came out with no medals should recognize I could have won three.

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

O Lord... Once I wanted You so much I didn't even dare walk past Your house- And now I am not even worthy to be let in

I often have scripts sent to me with allegedly Scottish characters where I end up telling them, 'You're going to have to rethink this whole thing!