I throw dignity out the window, and just become a creature of the moment on the stage. I act like I'd never act in real life.

Do what you love. It’s going to lead to where you want to go.

Almost all Iraqis with any previous experience in the intelligence business are Sunni Arab, increasing the risk of penetration of the new intelligence apparatus by the insurgency.

But I think frustration is hilarious. One of my missions is to bring humor into fine art. It's sacred.

If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be hell to pay.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

It's about communication, no matter how impossibly hard your art is to understand and how much of an ivory tower or high horse you get on, it's still basically communication or why are you doing it?

The only tip I have for an artist is perseverance... Never give up.

It would be really embarrassing to introduce yourself as somebody who makes beauty.

As far as I'm concerned, there is no line between high art and pop art, and there should be no line.

It's okay to judge a man but never judge his dreams.

Music is essentially useless, as life is.

Never send a Man in to do a Donkey's job

When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he turns even unhappier than when he was lying sick in bed

Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment

I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

I do support the effort to investigate for crimes, war crimes committed by the Syrians and the Russians and try to hold them accountable.

I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math.

How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection recalls them to view; The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew.

Boston is known for its innovation.