If we make anything that lasts, it outlives us.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.

Leadership needs continuous learning from experience. Every time you learn something new, you re-wire your brain.

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

We are all different and we all have a different sense of humor.

Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere.

I grew up in a house where nobody had to tell me to go to school every day and do my homework.

In America, we are demanding everything from our marriage.

You can spend the money on new housing for poor people and the homeless, or you can spend it on a football stadium or a golf course.

There is no reason why I should call myself a democrat.

I want to be your soulmate, even if I don't believe in them.

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!