it does seemthe more we drinkthe better the wordsgo.

Now something so sad has hold of us that the breath leaves and we can't even cry.

yes, Wagner and the storm intermix with the wine as nights like this run up my wrists and up into my head and back down into the gut

having nothing to struggleagainstthey have nothing to strugglefor.

the gods play nofavorites.

the gods seldomgivebut so quicklytake.

she slammed the door andwas gone.I looked at the closed doorand at the doorknoband strangelyI didn't feelalone.

the worst thing, " he told me, "is bitterness, people end up sobitter.

I see a brightportionunder the overhead lightthat shades intodarknessand then into darkerdarknessand I can't see beyond that.

I believe that to be the world's greatest livingwriterthere must be somethingterribly wrong with you.I don't even want to be the world's greatestdead writer.just being dead would be fairenough.

I paid, got up, walkedto the door, openedit.I heard the mansay, "that guy'snuts."out on the street Iwalked northfeelingcuriouslyhonored.

Without sanctification, dwell in the state of impurity.

I want to remember what we were like before we became ourselves.

People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi have a particular soft spot in my heart.

there are lots of ways of answering a letter - and writing doesn't happen to be mine.

Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.

Spirits are as real as the powers they personify.

I have fans from different cultures coming up to me saying that they don't understand what I'm singing but that they like the music.

It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.