Before I was paralyzed, there were 10,000 things I could do; now there are 9,000. I can either dwell on the 1,000 I've lost or focus on the 9,000 I have left.

We're captive on the carousel of time, we can't return we can only look behind.

When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.

Keep a good heart. That's the most important thing in life. It's not how much money you make or what you can acquire. The art of it is to keep a good heart.

Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an ambivalence of forms and space.

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.

I was the Pink Pansy or whatever, wearing this crazy thing.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

Success is a transformation not a final destination.

The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.

Donald Trump is a person who has been very cavalier, even casual about the use of nuclear weapons.

When you start on a new film, no matter how many you've done before that, I think I've done close to 80 films, but it's always kind of a fun adventure.

I feel like I have to step on the court every night and be dominant.

I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment.

Growth isn't free it always has a cost.

I have my own charity organization in Berlin called Ruckenwind, which supports kids from - ya - not ideal backgrounds.

Adam was created to be the friend and companion of God, he was to have dominion over all the life in the air and earth and sea, but one thing he was not to have dominion over, and that was himself.

I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.