of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse

I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.

people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin.

writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all

great books are the ones we need

well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you

I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.

I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.

animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. neither do I. maybe that's why we get along

I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Allowing a negative sentence in your head to end itself forms the very nucleus of negative thoughtforms!

Boxing is just show business with blood.

I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.

A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.

We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity.

God intentionally allows you to go through painful experiences to equip you for ministry to others.

If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to re-commit, to be whole-hearted once again.

I feel I'm pretty zen and laid back. I don't have a lot of rage in my real life.