If you going to live by a certain code - as Bob Dylan said, you gotta serve somebody.

How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

We all know that a sympathetic and intelligent listener not only flatters our vanity, but also frequently enables us to crystallize our own ideas to the best advantage. Why, then, do we so often refuse to perform this service?

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.