Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time......why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time, my greatest regret is how much I believed in the future.

I wish I could tell people what I'm directing next, but I can't.

To my mind the single essential element on which all discoveries will be dependent is human freedom.

I think referendums are fantastic as long as the question is phrased in a way which is not meant to deliberately confuse or confound people.

Crazy how you gotta wait until it's dark out to see who really with you.

Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.

Once I step on the court in San Antonio, I feel the support in the air.

Supposed I don't want to redeem myself? Why should I fight to uphold the system that cast me out? I shall take pleasure in seeing it smashed.

Simple practices like conscious breathing and smiling are very important. They can change our civilization.

I'm sure Proust was a big bore.