Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for the very first time.

If you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.

Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of some sort.

I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.

Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride. And four times as much by our Folly.

I'd tell you to go to hell but I don't want to see you again.

Your mind is made up of light. We call it the dharmakaya, the clear light of reality. The transcendental eternal light is everywhere. It's the light of god or whatever you want to call it.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

True happiness for me is playing a concert in Blink-182, and then hanging out with my friends and my wife and son, and going out for Mexican food.

We're not being invaded by undocumented immigrants who are coming to kill police officers and commit crimes. And I don't think most Americans think it's true.

I want to break the old paradigm of thinking that if you're successful, you have to crash and burn-that all of this won't be there tomorrow.

I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.

A good stack of examples, as large as possible, is indispensable for a thorough understanding of any concept,and when I want to learn something new, I make it my first job to build one.