From early childhood, my thrust was to get into the movies.

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

Time didn't heal, but it anesthetized. The human mind could only feel so much.

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

A writer should say to himself, not, How can I get more money?, but How can I reach more readers (without lowering standards)?

Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

In my marriages, I'd lost parts of who I was because I was trying to mold myself into what I thought a man wanted me to be.

I think sometimes you are born with a song.

For those of us who have a ground of knowledge which we cannot transmit to outsiders, it is perhaps more profitable to act fearlessly than to argue.

Greed is an integral quality of a strong player.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

I just finished reading the Koran, and there's nothing in there I didn't hear in Sunday school.