I'm not the president, so the president, has top secret clearance immediately. I don't. It takes time.
I compare songwriting to childbirth. How many kids can you have before your uterus explodes?
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.
Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up. They hear a voice in the hall outside and hope that it just passes by.
Black and white is how it should be, but shades of grey are the colors I see.
It's OK if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one
Self-knowledge is the only basis of true knowledge.
Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like.
My adult life has been a patchwork of projects, most of which were fleeting fancies of overreaching vision. I tend to seize on things, only to abandon them due to a lack of time, talent or inclination.
To only a fraction of the human race does God give the privilege of earning one's bread doing what one would have gladly pursued free, for passion.