"Climate change now represents so urgent a threat to mankind that the only way to deal with it is by suspending democracy."

“What you want to do as a living and get paid for, others want to do as a hobby and for free.”

Source : Robert W. Bly (2003). “Careers for Writers & Others Who Have a Way with Words”, McGraw Hill Professional

“Mary awoke from her nightmare with a pounding heart, convinced that she had only imagined Elizabeth's cruel plot. A full moon was shining into her chamber, illuminating everything around her in silvery light. That was when she noticed for the first time that there were bars on her window.”

“Prose is not to be read aloud but to oneself alone at night, and it is not quick as poetry but rather a gathering web of insinuations ... Prose should be a long intimacy between strangers with no direct appeal to what both may have known. It should slowly appeal to feelings unexpressed, it should in the end draw tears out of the stone ...”

“My feeling on therapy is it's a luxury, and if you're fortunate enough to get some smart people to talk to about life, then that's fortunate and you should go for it.”

“You make kingdoms and castles on your own.”

Source : "He can see clearly now / Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins looks at success, love, creativity". Interview with Julian Guthrie, www.sfgate.com. April 20, 2003.

“Anyone that steps into the ring with me is facing a real welterweight.”

Source : Source: blacksportsonline.com

“If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?”

“Achievement; the death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.”