Hold onto your creativity, that idealism that is rooted in some degree of innocence and a firm belief in something finer than the things we already have.

We still need to give our best to life even if we do not understand the purpose of our existence on earth.

With true love, you can move mountains, make unusual sacrifices, live a life of deprivations and still be happy.

Never allow yourself to be sapped of your extraordinary energy that is the necessary ingredient for creating something new and progressive.

... People who are the spices of this world are the natural souls with instincts and impulses that have not been pruned by evolution and civilization.

Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.

Some honest people think it is better to know the ways of the devil without being evil.

The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul.

I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don’t know or haven’t made the effort to understand.

Perhaps fate has a way of turning things around and making something good out of the action of someone who failed humanity without meaning to.

The scrupulous survivors in life are the best counterweight to unscrupulous survivors.

The secret of survival is a defective imagination.

We live at a moment when our relationships to each other, and to all other beings with whom we share this planet, are up for grabs.

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

I like shitty strip clubs. They look like what they are. I know what to expect. Unlike Congress, at least we know everybody is for sale.

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

Most of us are pretty good at keeping promises to others and pretty bad at keeping promises to ourselves.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.

I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town.