I eat my heart out alone.

Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

That, of course, is what great works of imagination do for us: They make us a little restless, destabilize us, question our preconceived notions and formulas.

I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.

You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.

It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I am suddenly left alone again on the sunny path, with a memory of the rain.

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am?

Tears are nectar of Experience

I'm finally dating. It's fun.

There only have been two people on this earth that I was nervous around: Chet Atkins and Mickey Mantle. It's because of the respect I have for them.

I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

I just haven't let myself get to a place where I've felt a part of any kind of a community, so I've always stayed outside of it.

We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.

Can you remember when you didn't want to sleep? Isn't it inconceivable? I guess the definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep.

The Democratic Party is DEAD.

I think that love is very important and exists in many forms for all of us.