From time to time, I do consider that I might be mad. Like any self-respecting lunatic, however, I am always quick to dismiss any doubts about my sanity.

No, if there's any ultimate redemption, it would be because I passed though your life without scarring you, and did not diminish who you are.

You won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

My wife is my first audience. She's a tough lady, so I can't say that I ever scare her. Except, of course, when she sees me the way I look before breakfast.

Every talent is unearned, however, and with it comes a solemn obligation to use it as fully and as wisely as possible.

Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul

As individuals, as families, as neighbors, as members of one community, people of all races and political views are usually decent, kind, compassionate. But in large corporations or governments, when great power accumulates in their hands, some become monsters even with good intentions.