"Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a way to prudently follow the advice to write what you know."

“I believe I and all the Chinese people have such a conviction that China will make continuous progress and the people's wishes for and needs for democracy and freedom are irresistible.”

“It's wonderful to be able to sit down and write a play”

“I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record.”

“Take every day, love every day, enjoy every day, even if you have a crappy day, find the fun things in it.”

“We will be victorious if we have not forgotten how to learn.”

Source : Rosa Luxemburg, Peter Hudis, Kevin B. Anderson (2004). “The Rosa Luxemburg Reader”, p.321, NYU Press

“I don't have a lot of friends; most of the friends I have, I've had since high school.”

“A writer of story books! What kind of business in life-what mode of glorifying God, or being serviceable to mankind in his day and generation-may that be? Why, the degenerate fellow might as well have been a fiddler!”

“I feel my job as an artist is to drive people to country radio. That's my job as a country artist. So these streaming places, especially these on-demand streaming places, where you can just push a button and hear it as many times as you want, like YouTube, any of that stuff, that's taking all the ears away from country radio.”