I quit law in 1988 to start writing, and it took me 17 years from that point to get a book contract. I guess you can say I was on the slow train.
Everybody wants to see justice done, to somebody else.
Water of life is gonna flow againchanged from the blood of heroes and knavesWord mercy's gonna have a new meaning when we are judged by the children of our slaves.
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea.
Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay - the world survives into another day, and I'm thinking about eternity. Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me.
There is no gap between art and politics.
The invitation for artists to compete to see who can be the most charitable is a wonderful thing.
Innovation accelerates and compounds.
Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.
When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes.
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.