I was once walking in an airport and a woman came up to me and said, 'Be zany!'. That'd be like walking up to Baryshikov and going, 'Plie! Just do a plie! Do it! Do a releve right now! Lift my wife!'

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

If women ran the world, we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.

Why do they call it "rush hour" when nothing moves?

Don't associate yourself with toxic people. It's better to be alone and love yourself than surrounded by people that make you hate yourself.

Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many and tics meaning bloodsucking creatures.

Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.

Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

Define the word exist, and you'll know whether God exists.

Democracy cannot function or survive without a sufficient medium by which citizens remain informed and engaged in public policy debates.

Nothing in the universe is impermeable to the flow of love.

Dogs are very comforting when your world has exploded.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.

If life gives you lemons, make some kind of fruity juice.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

I don't remember spending any time with anybody on set. I don't spend a lot of time with people.

We need to be in control of ourselves - our appetites, our passions - to do right by others. It takes will to keep emotion under the control of reason.