The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.

Your purpose is not something you find; it's something you create through your passions, values, and actions.

Music is my religion.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

If you get down and you quarrel every day, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.