I do not believe in a personal connection to God; that's where it gets transcendental.
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Learn the sweet magic of a cheerful face.
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them.
If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything.
I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.
On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers. . . I, and many others, do not find any credible evidence that those structures represent protofeathers.
I try to write books that are different from the books I've already written. I think one of the thing I really try to do is reinvent how a novel can be written.