I have never been wholly comfortable in social settings, so I never say much. Yet, very good with people is how I have often been described. Appearance and courteous gesture is remembered far longer than...

The words bloom like Spring flowers and pullulate as falling leaves in Autumn. Fresh invigorate swirls of the pen delight the pages with imagery, symbolism, theater, and emotion that pulsates with the passion of an...

Tragedy, sadness, loneliness and despair taught me that life is really a beautiful thing; if it wasn’t I wouldn’t be able to recognize that anything was wrong

Psychological trauma leaves its effects in a multiplicity of observances; in my case it is inebriation.

God is whatever you personally believe God to be

Both good and bad days should end with productivity. Your mood or affairs should never influence your work

Political disputes should be decided with two pairs of boxing gloves and a ring.

If all humans were blind they’d find racism in pitch.

For most darkness is when dreams are made; but for the wise so to when there is light.

Violence should have no place in life but within the pages of an engaging novel.

What of this world but joys and sorrows.

Birthday is a salty word if you’re not a fan of cake and ice cream.

I do not have superior intelligence or faultless looks. I do not captivate a room or run a mile under six minutes. I only succeeded because I was still working after everyone else went to...

Poor neighborhoods all look the same: run-down, graffiti covered, garbage strewn, crime-riddled etc. Affluent ones all look the same as well: clean, crime-free, big homes, expensive cars, manicured lawns. Why the hell then doesn’t everyone...

I thought she did a great job. It’s too bad that we didn’t hang onto the ball in that (fifth) inning. … In order to be competitive against teams like State College, we have to...

You can always save face with a good hearty laugh.

Equality only exists in the food bowl of a dog.

Men of superior creative aptitude are most dependent on their women.

I have no consternation; I know what to expect and I know that I can out last the appetency. However long it takes, under unholy extremes I must not fold. A consummation will be accomplished....

The destruction menial labor has done on my psyche is beyond repair.

In ten years I don’t know where I’ll be, but it won’t be here.

Knowledge for a writer is like a compass for a sailor.

Humility is the greatest quality in a human.

Mother Nature visualized brilliance in everything; but surly was drunk when she created the liberal.

Absence from the person you love is only healthy in theory.

The cardinal goal of life should be love, then achievement; ensued by a pure and incorruptible happiness.

No animal likes to be caged. A country is no different. Free a nation and watch it thrive.

When daily you write intensively, one day of laziness subjects you to a suffering of unfamiliar compunction. The words can freeze and the state of privation worsens with idleness. Thus, a day off for a...

Praise upon any nation will always equal its weight in criticism.

Endless opportunity is accessible to every man and woman alive. A notebook and a sharpened pencil.

Rarely a night goes by that I don’t dream I’m flying.

Never trust a person who doesn’t vote

Every human-being has the propensity to be an upstanding citizen.

A marriage is a gift. It should be opened up and enjoyed.

I suspect the universe is accelerating proportionally with our understanding of the laws of nature and life respectively. It is not much different then the birth of a flower.

To study the law of contracts is like a triathlon for the mind. You don’t think you can finish and once complete you can’t stand up.

Nicotine withdrawal was very much like trying to s*** a melon. The pressure was remarkable! Seemingly an impossible task. I would break out into sweats, cough, curse, yell, and wake up periodically throughout the night...

3,000 words, for me, is an exceptional day. 1,500 of which are eventually crossed out, and 1,000 rearranged.

Part of perseverance is knowing what you want. Indecision is as useful as road signs in Spain written in Dutch.

Adversity is your greatest professor

The secret is if you write enough words, sooner or later you have a book.

You never miss them until they’re loving someone else.

How the story will turn out I never know; but that it will, I am confident.

There is nothing more satisfying than being able to understand.

Exhaustion cripples me, sleep has become a nostalgia, the studying, focus, awe and frustration is perpetual, day morphs to night and vice versa, I dream of law, the rules of William Strunk Jr., Calill and...

There needs to be a complete resetting of the negative publicity that we’ve had recently with the Desert Vista coaches, cleaning house. The school’s a wonderful school academically. It would be nice to see them...

The snow was falling heavily outside. I sat before a blank page for close to ten hours. I refused to get up; instead attempted with great pains to coerce stubborn thoughts from my noodle. Useless...

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them.

Golf is a lawyer’s second best friend

Everyone has a time of the day when they work the best. Those that recognize that are usually the most prolific.