I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

When you love, the whole universe loves you back.

Real happiness is when you marry a girl for love and find out later she has money.

My work since the late '80s specifically questioned what was presented as the "natural" order of things in the history of post war NY painting.

History never really says goodbye. History says, see you later.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

Torture continues to be practiced around the world by rogue regimes whose cruel methods match their determination to crush the human spirit.

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

There is no line between the 'real world' and 'world of myth and symbol.' Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.

I hope before I am getting too old and when my mind is still functioning, I can tell some better stories.