A divinely expressed performance in any genre sets me completely on fire.

I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me.

I am really fascinated by human beings, fascinated!

It's important to me that I don't take myself too seriously and I have fun with every experience in life. That is the whole point.

There is no such thing as failure; everything is just a stepping stone to a greater lesson or achievement.

I'm not afraid to fall on my face while I attempt new things.

I find inspiration in everything from a piece of art to the hem of a dress.

I'm moved by us, our quirks and mistakes.

My so-called failures have been some of my greatest learning tools. I just make sure to fail up.

I've made him a monster by overloving. Lord knows, if hatred could make him human again.

Spick and span new.

Home is where people love you, don't forget that.

I believe in sometimes getting mad and always getting even.

Seek something outside your nine-to-five job as an additional source of fulfillment and as a way to feel the joy of helping others.

It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.

I think in real life most of us don't know how to communicate our deepest feelings very well.

This business of saying the same thing over and over and over again – which to a lot of Washington insiders and pundits is boring – works.

Me not working hard? Yeah, right - picture that with a Kodak.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.