I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.

I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.

October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.

The sad truth is that truth is almost irrelevant in a court of law.

Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting room, as she was fond of quoting.

Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.

No matter how grim things may seem, they always get better.

Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.

I wish that the last breath of your life is a sigh of relief.

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to deal in politics is in itself a political act.

I like playing a character that admires real musicianship, and real talent and hard work. I think that's a good message for everyone.

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

I've tried to be very specific about what we can and should do.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

When you're trying to coordinate four separate shows together, it's pretty Herculean.

Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

If you only knew who you really are, you'd be starstruck