What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

Men to whom God is dead worship one another.

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Survival is triumph enough.

Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Teaching, real teaching, is - or ought to be - a messy business.

I've never enjoyed myself. I'm incapable of enjoying myself. There's just some people who don't enjoy themselves very much.

You ought to forgive others. Sometimes, the dark deed of others is due to inner struggles and fears. With your shining light and kind deeds, you will help them to turn to the light.

The best of my essence is shown to those who value my energy and appreciate my love, some would call it selfish, I call it selective.

Books think for me.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

The opening to reality, as it really is, is beauty.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

For somebody who's never run for office before, Donald Trump understands that old axiom, "Define yourself before you're defined."

Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

They got some people that are saying, hey, elect me as president. Hey, Washington couldn't handle Si Robertson. Trust me.