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The first time I ever performed spoken word poetry in front of a big crowd, it totally failed. It ended, people barely clapped...in retrospect the poem was terrible. And for a while I thought this was something I would never do again. And then I realized that, in my 17-year-old head, that was the worst it could have been. And it wasn't that bad - [because] from there, it could only get better. And I think that failure kind of freed me up to explore and not be afraid of failing again.
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If you betray me, can I take a better revenge than to love the person you hate?
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If you truly have a passion for what you do, you will care even about the parts unseen.
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I've known Jennifer [Salke] for so long. Before I was a writer, I did garden design, and I designed Jennifer's garden, many years ago. I've known her for a really long time. So the pitch was not really about that.
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The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.
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Shoot, after you've been through freeway traffic in Houston or Dallas, there's no road in the world that can scare you. Besides, we're pretty much used to driving long distances in Texas.
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It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
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My ideas come, and there is a deep desire to create. Sometimes it's stronger than me. Sometimes I have to do projects that I know are almost impossible but I still have to do them. It's like a muscle - if you are a dancer, you need to dance, if you are a creative person, you need to create. It's part of your life.
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Let us read the Bible reverently and diligently, with an honest determination to believe and practice all we find in it.
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My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.
