I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.

It's really hard when you read literature in a language that's not your own. There are all these cultural references you have to be born into that particular language to get.

For me, the more I understand the story of others, the greater I am able to learn and help other people.

Sometimes the mere connection we make with each other can change people's lives. It doesn't have to be something big. The mere fact that you're interested in them makes them happy.

It's hard to choose the right word, the right line. This Body Mystery is a small book, but it took me over ten years.

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts.

I read a lot when I was in school in the United States, and even though writing in English is very difficult for me, I wrote in journals.

Art is really about how you capture different things you see around you and bring them into forms and words and shapes and meaning.

You have to experiment with different mediums and things around you [making art].

This is my first collaboration [with Mary Hamill] so I'm going to learn how it's going to work.

I started to paint in the year 2000. I never thought of going to an art school, even though I loved art.

When you say a man cry in front of another, then you should know that whatever has caused him that much sadness must be a tough one.

Your life is the proof that you have a purposeYou are the treasure that you are searching for

It was impossible to understand how brief it is. It seemed like youth would last so long

How we feel with someone—if they improve our mood or cause our heart to sink—can determine the health of the relationship. How do you feel around them? It's a simple measurement tool.

Go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize after something's been done than to get permission ahead of time.

Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb/I can't even remember what it was I came here to get away from/Don't even hear a murmur of a prayer/It's not dark yet, but it's getting there.

Big deal, so he scored. The last time I saw someone dance like that I had to pay her $20 and have my pants dry cleaned the next day.

The white male is the Jew of liberal fascism.

The art of today is that which really belongs to us: it is our own reflection. In condemning it we but condemn ourselves.

Science, for me, gives a partial explanation for life. In so far as it goes, it is based on fact, experience and experiment.