Under a dictatorship, a nation ceases to exist. All that remains is a fiefdom, a planet of slaves regimented by aliens from outer space.

Romance is the sweetening of the soulWith fragrance offered by the stricken heart.

For now, let us simply observe that the assault on human dignity is one of the prime goals of the visitation of fear, a prelude to the domination of the mind and the triumph of power

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress truth.

For the fire consumes all but the arsonist.

I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.

But theater, because of its nature, both text, images, multimedia effects, has a wider base of communication with an audience. That's why I call it the most social of the various art forms.

Each time I think I've created time for myself, along comes a throwback to disrupt my private space.

I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and start writing. That I've never understood.

And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.

Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song.

Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes.

I am just a person who is human, down to earth enjoying life.. whatever god blesses you with. Enjoying life for me is just normal.

The technology is not only the way we change stories, but also changing the relationship to the consumer.

It is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and the profane be toen down. From now on everything is sacred.

My only day off is the day I pitch (in regards to how hard he works out during off-days).

One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states).

Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.