You're dead, George. You just don't have the sense to lie down.

I want to make sure I remember what real ugly is. I might want to tell my grandchildren someday.

...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.

What we essentially want is to draw something unknown to us in all its shadowiness, not something we know in all its illumination.

We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but does not restore, And the dead nations never rise again.

I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.

I bought an electric-powered chain saw with a plug-in cord so if I run away fast enough, you can only chase me so far.

Policies that support families aren't political issues. They're personal. They're the causes I carry with me every single day.

Even if you want one drop of respect you have to take birth in this material world again.

God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.

There are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard.