I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

you are the builder of your future, the creator of your destiny. Therefore, do not swerve from the path of truth........

I wonder what inspires gamblers. Is it the adventure or the love of laziness?

We all hold a monster inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.

Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

If you are my friend and say to me, "Please don't write about this," I won't.

I went to the UN and even the guidebook was spineless.

It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.

I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.

Holocaust? Ninety million Indians? Only four million left? They all have casinos - what's to complain about?

He had a head which statuaries loved to copy, and a foot the deformity of which the beggars in the streets mimicked.