Writing is like a little hole in reality that you can go through and you can get out and you can be someplace else for a while.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Change can only begin with awareness.

And seeing ignorance is the curse of God Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places.

I'm actually pretty good at tennis. Well, if I'm in the Special Olympics or something.

Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands.

As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track.

If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature.

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.

Never forget what Jesus did for you. Never take lightly what it cost Him. And never assume that if it cost Him His very life, that it won't also cost you yours.