"The deviant that does not observe the trivial uses of the language is a poet, a deviant who violates the banal customs of society is a criminal."

“It was play rather than work which enabled man to evolve his higher faculties - everything we mean by the word 'culture'.”

“When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!”

“Besides, the only thing you can control in life is your wardrobe. Cars break down when you least expect it. Boats eat money and gas. Your house, your mate, your friends, your family, even your career, are beyond your control. However, you're in total command of what you put on your back each morning.”

“Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.”

“You know, I'm fifty-two now and I call myself a singer. Before I kick it I want to be able to carry a tune in a living room if called upon. Of course, mine come out all dark and twisted and weird.”

“Education and justice are democracy's only life insurance.”

“I miss. I miss. I miss. I make.”

Source : "The escape artist" by Rick Reilly, www.espn.com. May 7, 2011.

“Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you're not humble. And if you're not humble to this world, this world will thrust humbleness upon you.”