nobody’s ever been arrested for a murder

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live.

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.

I feel that what I do is always contemporary with the society I'm living in... If I wanted to explain myself, that's how I'd explain myself: that I'm a diarist.

Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was that 'No' is an unacceptable answer when it comes to financing.

I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry.

Whoever has witnessed another's ideal becomes his inexorable judge and as it were his evil conscience.

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings.

Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth.

I was only given this life because I'm strong enough to live it.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.