Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.

Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party whether he realizes it or not must always come out the worse.

Of all questions, why? is the least pertinent. It begs the question; it assumes the larger part of its own response; to wit, that a sensible response exists.

Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience.

Good music always defeats bad luck

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

While we are alive we should sit among colored lights and taste good wines, and discuss our adventures in far places; when we are dead, the opportunity is past.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.

I was a carpenter for a time and everybody watches what you do.

I'm the cover of a book, Whose pages are still being written

Life is just a dream, to some it's a sweet dream, to others, a nightmare. But whatever it is, it's always short and dissipates quickly.

Men can never have the true power they were endowed with by creation, until they respect and protect the women and children of the world.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.

I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said, don't look back, you can never look back.

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three.

I fell in love again (laughs).

I used to be a person that wasn't able to laugh at myself easily.

It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian.

When I came back to skating, everyone was like 'Oh you're the snowboard guy.'