Sometimes you got to hurt something to help something. Sometimes you have to plow under one thing in order for something else to grow.

I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.

I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience.

Nietzsche said without music, life would be a mistake. To me, without books, life would be a mistake.