A show of envy is an insult to oneself.

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.

Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

There is no need to fear the strong. All one needs is to know the method of overcoming them. There is a special jujitsu for every strong man.

Life is a rainbow which also includes black.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.

You may give up your big dream and that is very hard! If necessary, give it up but then create a new one! Never live without big dreams because they will keep you alive in life!

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do.

Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.

I love that as a theme for women: Stop standing by! You've got to make stuff happen! You've got to create your own world because if you let other people do it, they're going to just screw you.

If you want guarantees in life, then you don't want life. You want rehearsals for a script that's already been written. Life by its nature cannot have guarantees, or its whole purpose is thwarted.

I live alone, so I dont really talk to anyone once Im home. I have some silent nights.

There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land

There are so many artists who get to my age that get comfortable and just stick in a groove, and I really don't want to do that.

I realize that it is as one ages and loses one's natural force that one is at the mercy of heredity. The young are themselves: the aging, their parents' children.