I’m sorry, ’ I whispered. I didn’t know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.

Even knowing, as I do now, that grace, power, and, yes, love can hide the darkest elements of the human heart, I would do it all again.

The hours were long, but the days were short, and as much as I willed it to never come, the end of summer arrived anyway.

Leave footprints of love and kindness on the seashore of humanity.

Read not to contradict and confute

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.

I photograph what interests me. I'm not saying anything different.

No one should judge what I've done with my life, not unless they've been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

Kabbalah helps you confront your fears. If a girl borrowed my clothes and never gave them back, and I saw her wearing them months later, I would confront her.

Kids are great in that they keep you on your toes. They're like a puzzle... in a blender, haha. You have to take the pieces out and try to put it together on the fly.

As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.