The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

Cleverness isn't always true nor is the truth always clever

If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.

There is a greater Christian faith than one which settles for the temporal happiness, and that is the augmentation of faith. The more faithful you become, the harder the obstacles get; but the harder the obstacles get, the tougher your spine grows; and the tougher your spine grows, the less dependent you are on man's approval. I came to know this about Christianity when valuing faith before comfort.

Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

I only seem negative to the fortunate. That's because I show the less fortunate that they aren't less fortunate after all.