If a man can't learn from sorrow he can't learn from anything.

Life's too short to cavort with fork-tongued carnivores.

The harder you work, the more you produce, the more you create, the more you will be rejected. By people who never created shit.

The best thing about Art is that the people who create it live forever.

Conformity runs rampant through everyday life, and people want to read about characters that deviate from societal norms.

i Create. I don't "Need".Meaning: I don't need advice or criticism. Unless you're offering money, weed, or whiskey save it. Thanks.

Guns give Evil a means to expression.

I've done some stupid things I regret, but I've managed to keep my integrity. Which is important because integrity is fragile. Break it once and it's gone forever.

The mainstream media in America has become an insidious device of ignorance. They not only shape the story, but now participate. For what?

I'll never suppress my identity -- that's like filing away your fingerprints so the money can slide into your pockets easier.

Life can be tough and harsh at times. That's what makes it great. Every day is a celebration of survival.

In the beginning of a movie, they don't tell you what's going to happen. You just have to wait and go on the adventure with them

To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.

Art is not a thing it is a way.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

And though you want to last forever, You know you never will, You know you never will, And the good-bye makes the journey harder still.

Everybody knows that love goes away.

I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino.

I started studying filmmakers, and I would say early on the ones that really inspired me the most were like the field magicians of music videos.

As a woman who works in a male-dominated business - Hollywood, definitely, being one of them - I instinctually knew what that is like. You have to be strong and take care of yourself.

For it is not the shape, but their use, that makes them angels.