"A fictional, but all too real, look at extremist militias in the United States and the extent to which some of them go to carry out their 'missions'."

“Guitars are like women. You'll never get them totally right.”

Source : "Slash: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 26, 2011.

“Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great”

“I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes.”

“The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.”

“Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.”

“If you dedicate your attention to discipline in your life you become smarter while you are writing than while you are hanging out with your pals or in any other line of work.”

Source : Interview with Robert I. Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 18, 2005.

“He refused categorically all ideas of fidelity or serious commitments. He explained that they were arbitrary and sterile. From anyone else such views would have shocked me, but I knew that in his case they did not exclude tenderness and devotion - feelings which came all the more easily to him since he was determined that they should be transient.”

“Being considered beautiful at a young age sends confusing signals. You think people only like you because of your beauty.”