I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge.

You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it

Anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can't get to any other way. The next thing you know, you're flying among the stars.

Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending it.

I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.

Less is even less, and more is still not quite enough.

I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it.

When they're looking at my work, they're looking at a painting and they're able to accept it better because it is also a quilt.

I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.

I am free to go wherever I want for the rest of my life.

Take, this day, my handand promise to absolvewhat my forefathers and I didto you and your kin.

I suspected his middle name was "Yum".

You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.

One guy told me I was a great actor, I just would never be on the cover of a magazine.

The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind.

Rock and roll never sleeps. It just passes out.

Talent is only the starting point.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that's what really attracts me to making films.

May you gain more and more confidence in what is difficult and in your solitude among other people.