We learned after the first semester in law school that it's best never to discuss exams. If notes are compared afterwards, you become painfully aware of things you missed.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

judge not that ye be not judged

Who can save a wretched soul? Only the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Happiness is spending time with the one you love without a worry or a care.

Facebook should start publishing breakup stories. 'So and so and so and so are no longer in a relationship.' With a tombstone next to it.

Great men are allowed to spill the blood of others.

I did a weird thing when I was about 24. For four years I had written quite a lot of poetry, and I started reading through it and thought some of it was really good. So I burnt it all.

I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of someday seeing it all.

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.

When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

The universe really is motion & nothing else.