With music and art, I can create the kind of world in which I wish to live.

If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie.

Truth is never negative. Only one's perception of it is.

Just because something 'is' doesn't mean that it should be.

There is something so beautiful and inspiring about picking ourselves up with humility and dignity after we fall.

Life as we know it is a death sentence.

"A creative life is not just for those fictional few who are "touched by the hand of God." We are all touched by the hand of God."

The silence between two notes is as beautiful and meaningful as the notes themselves.

One of the greatest acts of courage is having to face every day of life feeling unloved.

Looking for the good in everything is equally as misguided as looking for the bad in everything.

The most supreme beauty is that of the feminine; the source of all creativity. Even in my greatest despair, that realization alone restores my faith in God.

Exposition suggests a great trust in the reader, and this expression of trust makes a book feel tender.

The doctrine of the absolute uniqueness of events in history seems nonsense.

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.

God does not work by only one method, paint in only one color, play in only one key, nor does he make only one star shine onto the earth.

I do find that most fans are aware of my writing career and have known my real name for many years.

Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.

You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.

I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.

The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.