"Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand."

“When I was a child, I wanted to be an actor, but I had really bad buckteeth. I didn't want to get braces, but my mom said I couldn't be an actor if I didn't get the braces. So, I got the braces.”

“The spiritual life is not a special career, involving abstraction from the world of things. It is a part of every man's life; and until he has realized it, he is not a complete human being, has not entered into possession of all his powers.”

“And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.”

Source : Interview with John Sears, RTNDA Communicator (RTNDA - Radio Television Digital News Association), Volume 54, August 2000.

“I prefer to remain mysterious and have people MAKE their own judgment calls about me than to always have to EXPLAIN who I am and what I’m about.”

Source : Violet Grey interview, www.violetgrey.com.

“I'm not going to get drunk at a bar. There are younger girls who look up to me. So I do my best not to stray too far.”

“Worms have played a more important part in the history of the world than humans would at first suppose.”

“If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“I find God in the suffering eyes reflected in mine. If this is how you are revealed to me, this is how I will forever seek you.”