When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.

Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.

People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.

Your best work is your expression of yourself.

In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.

If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.

You can look anywhere and find inspiration.

Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.

Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen.

You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.

If you are the land, then I am the sea. I don't need you and you don't need me.

You can't stand for Jesus without a Christ-like spirit.

I write because I know I am only one to control the world I created in my books.

It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.

Absent the edge, we drown in numbness.

Profound things are simple. If it is not simple, it cannot be true. But simple things are difficult.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

No matter how often you knock at nature's door, she won't answer in words you can understand--for Nature is dumb. She'll vibrate and moan like a violin, but you mustn't expect a song.

Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency.

You really can't stereotype people or put them in boxes, it's unfair.