What good was speaking when I'd determined none of the world listened to one another, especially not when a woman was speaking.

A girl's body was a prize. It had to be more than asked for. It had to be earned, worshipped, and avowed.

Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.

If we need help, we must cry to the Most High God.

Freedom, I thought, comes only to the successful

Authorship of anything apart from God is nothing more than a tragedy in the making.

I spend most of my time in a room alone where eight hours go by, and I have no sense of time. I work seven days a week, and I live in this sort of vague subconscious fog a lot.

What does New York sound like? For me, the Charlie Parker at the Royal Roost recordings on the Savoy label are the total embodiment of the New York music experience.

I invested. I wanted to cushion the future. Im a financial success!

God's mark is on everything that obeys Him.

My philosophy is that every phone conversation has a loser.

Jennifer [Lawrence] and Josh [Hutcherson] seem very, very grounded. They're getting down to the film like they did last time.