I am not a pessimist. Just a well informed optimist.

Happiness is realizing that nothing is too important.

Making someone happy is perhaps the humblest way of approaching happiness.

Love is friendship with erotic moments.

Love is the poetry of our feelings. But there are some horrible poems.

These people will try to manipulate you, try to bring you down but remember baby girl you are a queen, own your crown.

The beauty you see in others is within you.

When an answer finally comes to me, I know I've completely lost all my wits - or as my mama used to tell my father, I have a few screws loose.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.

Suffering is easier to endure when shared.

Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing.

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

All human things do require to have an ideal in them; to have some soul in them.

My hero is Michelle Williams, who I grew close to when we did 'Meek's Cutoff.' She's an extraordinary actor and mom.