“Crime, like war, is an aberration of creation.”

“Crime, like war, is an aberration of creation.”

“I think if God came down and gave us all His version of Empathy then all the world’s problems would surely become a thing of the past.”

“If you can write, paint, or compose without fear, pain, tears or questions, then you are either very blessed or very bland.”

“Create always: As God has seen fit in His perfection to give you such abilities, work and share of your gifts.”

“I’ve never quite understood why the knuckleheads of the planet so outnumber the rest of us.”

“In dream, delusion, and fantasy, exist man’s next best reality: that place where he is the creator of his own worlds; where he builds, learns, discovers and entertains; is master of all outcomes, his own god of destiny, and thus the student of his own evolving and ever uncertain truth.”

“If ever we find the truth to be offensive, then we must be prepared to change what is true.”

“Crime, like war, is an aberration of creation.”

“I’m not afraid of death, just of dying.”

“So much of life isn’t about having the right answer it’s about knowing the right question. ”

“There is a journey that all must take regardless of its direction or apparent meaning. An artist plucks out their heart, holds it forth, and be it through agony or ecstasy, is prepared to be measured for the gift that is the highest honor, to create, and therein be judged on those merits alone. And, somewhere in the skein of all creation is that which demands of those whom would aspire to create beauty and wonder, no matter the cost, because creation, all of it, is worth every ounce the pain of its birth.From the novel, Diminished Fifth”