Manchmal ist das Glück, nach dem man sein Leben lang sucht, direkt vor seiner Haustür. Mit offenen Augen und achtsam durchs Leben zu gehen, kann einen bereichern und das geben, wonach man sich sehnt.

Der Unterschied zwischen Einsamkeit und Alleinsein ist gravierend.

Die Sympathie und die Zuneigung, die man im Alltag empfängt, dürfen nie zur Selbstverständlichkeit werden. Man erkennt die schönen Dinge im Leben bekanntlich erst, wenn man sie vermisst.

Man sollte ich öfter mit dem zufrieden geben, was man hat, anstatt sich nach existenzlosen Dingen zu sehnen, die einen dies vergessen lassen.

Der Mensch neigt oft dazu, zu glauben, dass ihm nur in Träumen richtig warm wird. Deshalb träumt er gerne. Doch die Realität hält meist nicht, was die Fantasie verspricht.

Allein zu sein ist nicht so schlimm, wie die Angst davor einsam zu sein.

Im Grunde braucht man keine Angst davor zu haben, alleine zu sein. Die Welt ist voller Begegnungen und lebenden Bereicherungen, die man oft nicht wirklich wahrnimmt.

For me, music is in the choice of what not to play as much as in what you've chosen to play.

The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.

We've been appropriating in art since Duchamp, and we've been appropriating in music since the first person was banging on drums.

The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.

But I don't write about sex for today's teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I'm more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn't really change that much from one generation to another.

Lets make it clear its Ferrari Im interested in. Drivers weve had a lot some very good some great but drivers come and go while Ferrari remains.

Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when you're not feeling very well, or as a child.

I always say that kindness is the greatest beauty that you can have.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target our neighbors.

Marriage is hard. I'm not gonna lie.

It's free of hip dialing. You can have some pretty confidential conversations and not get overheard by the camera man by talking into this flip phone.

It's in every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.

The tires were scorching hot, in fact I burned my fingers on one.

People don't realize that I started in musical theater. That's where my roots are.

Eventually the bad stuff I'm writing turns into better stuff. Other times, I've just walked away from what I was working on, and figured I'd have a better perspective when I came back to it.

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

The young comedians always ask me, 'What's the secret for staying around?' I tell them, 'There is no secret - just stay around. Longevity is the most important thing.'

If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth.

I've been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!

I don't believe in anti-heroes. Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero.

Raising three boys is a huge responsibility for me, especially in this day and time when I look around and there's a lack of good, strong, upstanding Christian men who are not afraid to be men and just own up to their responsibility.

I was on a path that could've really led to disaster, and the one thing for me that really kept me focused and gave me something to believe in and a sense of self-worth and a discipline was music.

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy.