A little-known fact about me: I read all the time.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Think it. Write it. Sell it.

There is endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done.

We become extraordinary when we realize how extraordinary our existence is.

Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

Now I can stand up on the stage again like I used to after five years of sitting down while I sang.

The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism.

I'm a mutt as far as music is concerned, because I listen to everything.

What's the point of having weak enemies? They just waste your time.

Many of my family members are teachers in the arts, and I picked up the camera years ago, in high school.

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.