Do you think a champion is made out of thin air? It’s through the hardships you endure that you’ll gain real strength.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination.

Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving.

Everything seems simpler from a distance.

Beauty exists where you least expect to find it.

Sometimes you can’t let go of the past without facing it again.

To read and write will help you understand life. . .to sew and mend will help you survive it.

It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.

I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.

To have strength without knowing how to use it means nothing.

Just remember, Every day of your lives, you must always be sure what you’re fighting for.

The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections, They scorn the best I can do to relate them.

Just tell the truth, and they'll accuse you of writing black humor.

We all want to break our orbits, float like a satellite gone wild in space, run the risk of disintegration. We all want to take our lives in our own hands and hurl them out among the stars.

I don't know if I want to be a big star though.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

I bought a gun because POW POW sounds a lot better than Hey, put that back!

When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding.

I am addicted to the printed word, and my idea of a good time is a good book.

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.

I am talking about anything that is a provocation - ignore it. When something falls under freedom of expression, you can read it and take a critical distance.