Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Most of the people who attempt to draw back the success of the world are those who don’t care about anything. They live life every day without asking why.

Corruption is the abuse of power and position. Corrupts have bad habits and values. Become rigid and don't pay any bribe. If it is require to complain at the appropriate level, do that.

I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.

I started [in television] as a local sportscaster in Oklahoma City and that will always be my love. It's kind of what I live for.

Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally…in love with you.

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

The mere passage of time makes us all exiles.

They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.

This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.

Since there is absolutely no logical reason to assume there is an afterlife, I decided to make the life I have now as much fun as possible.