If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.

I reserve the right to love many different people at once, and to change my prince often.

A person's disposition should serve as a narrative of their lives not the pigmentation of their skin.

When we acknowledge a child's feelings, we do him a great service. We put him in touch with his inner reality. And once he's clear about that reality, he gathers the strength to begin to cope.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.

Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

When you speak, ask questions. Don't lecture.

I don't need millions of dollars. I need to know that what I'm doing with my life is expressing who I am, and maybe making people happy. This is all we get.

That's what I learned from World War II. Things are always more complicated than most people believe.

Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

I am feeling as if my parents are my children. I'm extremely protective about both of them while on the set

I'm open to anything. I would love to play someone completely off the wall.