I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.

But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.

Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good.

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

But you cant shut everyone out. I mean you have to have someone to love. . .someone to hold on to. . . someone--

The way that you use your time and your mind will either take you to greater heights or break you in life.

The rare scholars who are nomads-by-choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the settled disciplines.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt.

In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since January 1st [2016]. Is this a war-torn country? What are we doing? And we have to stop the violence.

Being from Australia, I've never even touched a gun. It's so not a part of our culture.

Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team.

The standard of living of the average American has to decline.

I wish I wasn't so fragile / 'Cos I know that I'm not easy to handle

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.