Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping.

Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

All my films are love stories.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no one will remember what you say.

More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

The strongest force in the universe is a human being living consistently with his identity.

Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth.