Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

For the light to exist, there must be the dark. For the Force, there must be balance.

However, if we don’t confront the seed of lies, it gives place for them to take root in us and we become bound to the “prison cell” that those lies create.

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

Having a separate bathroom for the black domestic was just the way things were done. It had faded out in new homes by the time the '70s and '80s rolled up.

My musical tastes change every week.

I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.

Success takes an investment in time, dedication, and sacrifice. This is true education. It is a process.

I enjoy being influenced by other writers.

There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it.