Today I feel like I did tomorrow.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.

Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.

I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction

Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.

A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it.

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

Small hopes can grow surprising fruit.

There should be no boundary to human endeavor.

I am influenced by words and the chewiness of language

I'm fortunate that the books sell, but even more fortunate to live in Chatham, to be very happily married and to have, on the whole, a fairly clear conscience.

I was their bar freak, they needed me to make themselves feel better. just like, at times, I needed that graveyard.

Yo, play me with a handshake. Say "What's up, L.L.? Good Luck." That's all. That's all I want. I don't want you to kiss my feet. That ain't necessary. Just give me respect.

There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.

I should never have played with fire and I did. And I got very burned.

Here lies my past, Goodbye I have kissed it; Thank you kids, I wouldn't have missed it.