“If I tell Dad he has a problem, hell think I hate him. How can I hurt him more? He just lost everything.Wesley shook his head. Not everything. He didnt lose you, he said. At least not yet. If you d...”

“We're here to work, not to make friends,”

“God wants to advise us and stretch out His Almighty hand of help towards us”

“When I write I like to give equal justice to lyrics, too. I want the song to have meaning for me so I can make it have meaning for the audience.”

“The best way to waste your life is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate. Let Big Brother do the singing and dancing for...”

“Most of the people in the audience were white and old. They had the gaunt look of people who have seen all the important movies and can now only look forward to reruns.”