You get ideas from other people all the time.
Having daughters tends to help a guy get in touch with his inner social conservative.
Offend a Christian and he is obliged to pray for your salvation. Offend a Muslim and he is obliged to murder you.
When I said that the mentally ill should be in institutions, public universities weren't the kind of institutions I had in mind.
Writing is a skill, not a talent, and this difference is important because a skill can be improved by practice.
Envy is the root of the egalitarian ethos.
One of the easiest things in the world to do is to tell other people how to raise their children. This is especially easy if you have no children of your own.
Why choose to fail when success is an option?
The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.
Im not an Internet person that reads behind-the-scenes stuff. I see a trailer, and if it looks good, then I go. Thats that.
In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with some real nice sympathy, with the feeling I was exceptional. . . What a special case I was.