We were 6 feet under. A lot of people gave up on us, including fans and critics and show promoters and record labels.

Who was the fool, who the wise man, beggar or king? Whether poor or rich, all's the same in death.

I'm not looking for sympathy, just understanding.

We really refocused ourselves. I didn't want to live my life in a dark shadow all of the time.

It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew the album wasn't going to debut at No. 1. I'm stoked to see us being successful again.

Never interrupt someone who is reading because they’re no longer in your world.

We do not have the right to make the name of God look bad by our pitiful and impoverished existence

I guess you just feel like there's a whole story that's not being told in movies. You're only seeing the macho guy version of a story that from the woman's side, may be completely different.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

I seemed so different from other kids; I grew up in church and felt a connection with God, and a lot of kids my age really didn't understand that.

I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the surface.

One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.

Rampant technolgy eliminates luxury, but not by declaring privilege a human right; rather, it does so by both raising the general standard of living and cutting off the possibility of fulfilment.