He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time.
Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.
It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a period—days or weeks—without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a thunderclap, the realization would rip the protective coating from my senses. Maybe that's the way it is with trick knees and aging griefs. Totally pain free one moment and absorbingly painful the next.
I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.
Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.
I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.
It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
Pack and leave the house, if you really want to be a singer.
I fly economy. I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.
When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man.
I am a storyteller, and I grew up with a father who told big-fish stories, so storytelling is very much a part of me. It was a part of my family.