I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

The things I call crisis and all the things that were coming after me are all coming to serve the purpose of God in my life.

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.

The actions of yesterday, the pretenses of tomorrow, and the presence of now, have forever added to history.

Goodness is grace.

If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.

I'm going to go out and be the best quarterback I can be and get the most out of my potential.

I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I'm not one of those people who says 'I never read anything.' I generally read all of it.

There is always enough self-love hidden beneath the greatest devoutness to set limits on charity.

I never knew a trader in philanthropy who was not wrong in his head or heart somewhere or other.

Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it.