All of us assign different values to things, and not all of those values are going to line up with others'.

There's nothing wrong with being happy somewhere, even if it's the little pond you grew up in, as long as you are in fact comfortable vs. bored.

Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.

Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.

I do crosswords when I have time to kill somewhere, and am 100 percent successful on filling in the spots I get stuck on - after I close up, do something else, and then go back to it.

No matter what else comes, your courage will be your companion for life.

It's hard to send your baby off on a plane without you, though that's less reasonable, because sending him off in a car is statistically a bigger risk.

You don't want someone who can't tell the difference between having a different opinion and dismissing your opinion.

When in doubt, respond to what you witness, not what you hear secondhand.

Instead of talking at each other about the non-business-related contact, talk to each other about your concerns about marriage. Listen a lot, too.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

My daddy, Rev. A. D. King, my granddaddy, Martin Luther King, Senior - we are a family of faith, hope and love.

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.

You don't have to own a TV network to go out and do a cool show.

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said.

Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.

We are all shot through with enough motives to make a massacre, any day of the week that we want to give them their head.

They love too much that die for love.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

Even when something does not go my way, I get up and fight, that is what keeps me going.