I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

I have set my mind to make sure I am prepared to accept success, whatever the trials ahead, whatever the work required.

We worship the same God and we carry the same sins.

America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.

I always did workshops. I would be at theater camp, doing shows, or after-school programs.

What does dance give you? The freedom to be who you are and do what you want to do.

I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.

Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer.

Liaison usually involving two people and their dirty dishes.

the best people have the rottenest luck