I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine..

I felt like I had lost something. But not something silly, like my keys or my gum; more like my arm or my foot, something that really mattered. Like ….

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence..

A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, ….

Dreams can come true there [Los Angeles]in ways impossible anywhere else, and they can get destroyed as well..

I am aware that the battle I am fighting is a petty one, but I am also aware that in order to win that which is great, you must first win that which ….

I just think it's a great world to tell stories in, to tell cool stories: money, sex, fame, and scandal. Those are great subject matters to work with..

Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear..

Take the risk and do whatever you can do and try not to get caught. If you do get caught, do it again..

Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond wor….

Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fe….

I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and warm. I could be hurt by something other th….

People call me all sorts of things. I don't even care what they call me..

When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every sh….

This Girl with nothing but her own strength and a desire to be free. With nothing but a beating heart that is scared to be alone. With nothing but cl….

I hadn't learned yet that everybody's locked up some way or other. That's how life is we're all imprisoned by something..

For the most profound experiences in our lives and in the world words are worth nothing. Can you describe love Or death Can you describe what it real….

I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going..

The Young Man came to the Old Man seeking counsel. I broke something, Old Man. How badly is it broken? It's in a million little pieces. I'm afraid I ….

There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to ….

The calm. If there is God or something Higher for me it is this. The calm. If there is something that will hold me when I need to hold it is this the….