"If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there."

“Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.”

“Writing is a fearsome but grand vocation—potentially healing but likewise deadly. I wouldn’t trade my life for the world.”

“Most people don't realize turkeys are friendly, they're social, they're loyal, they have emotions.”

Source : "Thanksgiving Q&A: Shannon Elizabeth’s New Tradition — Adopt A Turkey!". Interview with Christopher Locke, www.accesshollywood.com. November 21, 2012.

“I have never been able to carry out any work coolly. On the contrary it is done, so to speak, with my own blood.”

“And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you.”

“Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of time, though meagre all and ghostly thin; Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly fame.”

Source : Robert Pollok (1829). “The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten Books”, p.81

“It took like 5 hours to complete my virgin Mary. I was raised Catholic and it seemed like a good idea.”

“Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!”