Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins..

Protecting yourself from failure is probably not a good way to live..

If you can't understand the blues, you don't know much.

You have to really have a taste for being alone to be a writer..

All religions do not point to God.

We live in a very gynophobic society.

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that….

Not being happy really is my fear..

I fear for the democratic system. And I fear for our liberties. Only a small group of people fights for our liberties. Once we start on the slippery ….

I was never trained for anything.

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth..

Life had sure been simpler when I hadn't dated..

I am not a Hemingway aficionado..

There must be nothing in my daily conduct that, copied by another, could lead that one into unholiness..

It’s not what you do some of the time that counts, it’s what you do all of the time that counts..

I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job..

Experiences shape the brain, but the brain shapes the way we view experiences, too..

Nothing good comes out of depression..

If some confectioners were willing To let the shape announce the filling, We'd encounter fewer assorted chocs, Bitten into and returned to the box..

Yes. I've been asked to pose nude, but I never have, and I probably never will..

I refuse to be beaten in any way shape or form, so I'm gonna beat this too..