We treat the things that soak up energy and resources like they're valuable, and the things that generate them like they're disposable. We don't celebrate batteries. And I think that's wrong.

I have no regrets from my past only pride over how far I have come to be the person I am today and hope that tomorrow I will be even better.

Anything man can make, man can destroy.

The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices...but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all.

As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.

There are writers I return to no matter what I'm working on, writers like the South African J.M. Coetzee. He has an ability to make you feel that he is writing for you alone.

The man who believes he can do it is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can't.

I went to a house that was not a house. I opened a door that was not a door. And what I saw, I saw.

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.

When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing.