I write because I feel driven to write. I write from a sense of inner necessity. I don't write for anything other than that.
If there's one thing I've always taken care of with my work, it's that it's never an advertisement for anything other than the work itself and for the people it's about - no 'Coca-Cola presents.'
My way of putting it is that Christians are called to live nonviolently not because we believe nonviolence is a strategy to rid the world of war, but in a world of war as faithful followers of Christ, we cannot imagine being anything other than nonvi...
Grief is better than happiness, because in grief a person draws close to God. Your wings open. A tent is set up in the desert where God can visit you. Wealth that arrives in grief is what we spend in joy. The soul is greater than anything you ever lo...
Barbee had always wondered about mental institutions. He thought of taking notes for a feature story on this adventure at Glennhaven, as the evening wore on, began to seem remarkable for utter lack of anything noteworthy. It began to appear as a frag...
JAY: Why is a story more upfront than life? LENORE: It just seems more honest, somehow. JAY: Honest meaning closer to the truth? LENORE: I smell trap. JAY: I smell breakthrough. The truth is that there's no difference between a life and a story? But ...
It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak. There is no natural connection between strong impulses and a weak conscience. The natural connection is the other way. To say that one person’...
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Of all the sicknesses, there is probably none more abusive than homophobia.
Guys are much more obvious than they think they are.
If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.
I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.
Never say more than is necessary.
My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.
I'm not any more moral than my neighbors.
We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
I talk to my parents more than anybody in my family.
There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
Success can create more madness than happiness.
