I've found that limitations can be an artist's best friend sometimes.

You make beautiful things, You make beautiful things out of the dust

Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.

The noise around us determines how we speak. And how we listen. Just as a conversation suffers in a war zone, art suffers in a culture built on noise. So does our enjoyment of it.

Any religious, philosophical or political idea that doesn't lead one towards love ought to be forsaken

Faith comes from listening to the right stories.

Money is not the root of all kinds of evil. The love of money is. It’s also the root of a lot of bad art.

Spend your energy on things you believe in, and do them honestly and to the best of your ability.

Art is the body's pronunciation of the soul.

Art, along with all work is the ordering of creation toward the intention of the creator.

Pain is as common as skin, we all experience it. It unites us all. Fortunately, that's not the whole story.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Saigon in utter darkness this last night of the war. A gestating monster. Her letter to Linh had been simple: I love you more than life, but I had to see the end.

Your marks don’t matter when your radiance is overwhelming. When we’re our best selves we forget all those imperfections and appreciate beauty for how it is.

There's always a gap between the burn and the sting of it, the pain and the realization...You can't survive a rift that big without it leaving a mark.

how I wish I could fist a bit of old-fashioned beef in the fore-castle, as I used to when i was before the mast.

Never forget that the circumstances of your life for tomorrow are molded by your mental conduct today.

I grew up always wanting to be a dancer and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways.

I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.

Ah, you coward! Look at you, running." "Actually, it's called improvising.

One can be ugly in looks, but lovely in disposition.