When my father wrote about fate, I think he was writing about the reality that is, when there are so many other realities that could have been.

Sadness, forever unacknowledged, eventually becomes resentment.

We are inscrutable even to ourselves, I suppose.

There's an intimacy in listening to somebody's lies, I've always thought--you learn more about someone from the things they wish were true than from the things that actually are.

I think the only way to properly face doom is to be on time.

Never spit in a lion's face when you've got your hand in his mouth.

Patience is a garment which has never worn out.

We must be happy with what we got when we are in pursuit of what we want.

To the determined mind, nothing is impossible

I'm healthy, have a loving and adorable family, great hunting dogs, a gravity defying musical career and most importantly, fuzzy-headed idiots hate me.

Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!

We only hear questions that we are able to answer.

I have a lot of vanity.

Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics.

Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion.