You don't think he's crazy now?""Crazy, nah, " Nicky said. "Soulless, perhaps.

that stone Buddha deserves all the birdshit it getsI wave my skinny arms like a tall flower in the wind

Whoever has experienced near-death, knows how gracious, it is to be alive.

If your story is not inspiring you, it’s time to change it.

I don't think there's any question that someday somebody who is innocent will be executed in this country again.

I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an elephant, and it's going to be my friend.

My friends say I have two speeds: fast and blistering.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

IT and the entire communications business clearly have the greatest potential for growth. But if you're talking about sheer size, the steel and auto industries will remain at the top.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.