I remember at the age of five travelling on a trolley car with my mother past a group of women on a picket line at a textile plant, seeing them being viciously beaten by security people. So that kind of thing stayed with me.

Aggression, the writer's main source of energy.

Ted Solotaroff

The God we've been praying to is deaf to our words and only responds to our actions.

Steve Maraboli

What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life

Bertrand Russell

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.

Dan Rather

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

W. H. Auden

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Rita Mae Brown

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.

Chad Smith

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Nicholas Boileau

I can't tell you his age, but when he was born the wonder drug was Mercurochrome.

Milton Berle

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo.

Natalie Imbruglia

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.

Ivo Andric