perhaps, if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

He nodded, looking across the room at the sea of photographers and journalists. The microphones spread around him like birds waiting to be fed.

He that dies pays all debts.

If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.

I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.

Perhaps those, who, trembling most, maintain a dignity in their fate, are the bravest: resolution on reflection is real courage.

Dependable teams members possess the desire to do the things they are capable of doing.

When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.

Every great love starts with a great story.

If you have wind it becomes more difficult than you think.

The need to be loved and protected is at a peak when we feel abandoned and are particularly vulnerable to difficult circumstances.