Time has a way of changing our minds.

Books, I think, are what magic smells like.

It's a wonderful thought that everyday has something to celebrate.

It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.

I swallowed hard. It was my life. And it was my choice how I decided to live it.

I do not know that any writer has supposed that on this earth man will ultimately be able to live without food.

Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time.

It's important for me to have my family close.

You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.

I'm interested in storytelling. I love being an artist now and connecting through art.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.