Everybody who's anybody longs to be a tree.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

All the whispering, glaring, pointing and judging makes them no better than whoever or whatever it is they're gossiping about.

Principles are meant to serve people, not people serving to uphold the principle, while harming the people.

I love you like the woman I am now. Not the girl I was. I’m battered and bruised and I’m tougher, but I’m still here. I’m scared to death, but I’m more frightened of a life without you.

I never quit trying. I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Men who teach only men are called scholars. Women who teach only women are called political agitators.

I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not afraid to look suffering straight in the eyes.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God??

The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?

Everybody is completely different. I think there is no formula for filmmaking. Everybody finds their own way of doing things.

There is no best way to make art, but there are a lot of better ways.