I couldn't understand a sense of unease that multiplied until I could hear my heart beating.

She is pure Alice in Wonderland, and her appearance and demeanor are a nicely judged mix of the Red Queen and a Flamingo.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.

The wind is us-- it gathers and remembers all our voices, then sends them talking and telling through the leaves and the fields.

Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.

I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.

When you've got nowhere to turn, turn on the gas.

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.

The sweet pleasure of prayer, the grace of the soul.

Even not choosing is a choice.

All I can tell you about fashion and style is this: buy and wear what makes you happy.

Rain drops are not the ones who bring the clouds.

I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.

Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.

I always read the papers, the political bits.

Coffee. I could smell coffee. Coffee would make everything better.

The world is vast and meant for wandering. There is always somewhere else to go.

If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face...