'The Great Gatsby' is a book I have read a few times, and it seems to get heavier every time I come to visit.

Life is a hurdle and you'll never clear it. Death is the end of the ride and you fear it.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

That's where the economy is going. It went somewhere. Just not to America. And the money made? That went to the Cayman Islands and Switzerland. Not back here. Never to be taxed.

I continually remind myself to live by a code. It's very important to me. I've got a bad temper.

While I disagree with our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, I have nothing but respect and admiration for the men and women deployed in these places.

Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.