There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink.

Be yourself, be pleasant, play hard and have no regrets.

That to me is the way any good romantic would look at his life: Live it first, then write it down before you go.

It's not the tales of Stephen King that I've read, I need protection from the things in my head . . .

There will always be those who feel more comfortable not venturing from the warmth of the hearth, but there are those who prefer to look out the window and wonder what is beyond the horizon.

So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach

And there's that one particular harbor Sheltered from the wind Where the children play on the shore each day And all are safe within...