I was wounded by a blow of love.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

Have some fun while you wait for the will of heaven.

Life is absolutely, mysteriously beautiful.

Books are in the mind, Grandfather Alessandro said. Too many books and you forget your body is in the world.

God made man because he loves to hear stories, Alessandro said. That's a good story, huh?

Every time you hear a car alarm, Ruby said, another New Yorker has gone to hell.

You are beyond worth and your potential to change is in your next thought.

Snakes hide in grass, people behind their lies.

Character is built on every decision we make, especially those we make in secret.

Life is bigger than cinema. Cinema is just a part of life, so I never take success or failure seriously.

Easy writing makes hard reading.

To recognize another's inwardness is to have seen the sacred.

Nothing happens for ages, and then all the changes come at once.

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.

Today I saw a car crush my little dog under it's wheel.

When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.