You cannot create what you want by moving away from what you don't want.

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.

It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.

You want what you want, whether or not you think you can have it.

Too many young people are being taught to give up their dreams before they have any experience attempting to pursue them.

Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

One of the most important results you can bring into the world is the you that you really want to be.

Dreamers only dream, but creators bring their dreams into reality.

The best way to experience the power of fundamental choices is to make them.

At first, I am giving energy to the creation, but later the creation seems to be giving energy to me.

The first kiss can be as terrifying as the last.

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.

I still can't believe that some pseudocritics continue to accuse me of having murdered tango. They have it backward. They should look at me as the saviour of tango. I performed plastic surgery on it.

The United States should help strengthen nongovernmental humanitarian agencies working in Sudan so that they can handle an increased flow of aid.

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar.

Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as I was done.

It isn't a matter of hope. It's a matter of - between the options of trying nothing and trying something, let's try something but let's also be very thoughtful about what that something is.

I have friends with deals, both major and indie, and the ones on majors never seem as happy, and quite frankly aren't making music as strong as those on independents.

As individuals we are strong. Together, with God, we are unstoppable.