It seems to be the sense that once you throw guys in prison they're not going to come out. No, they're going to come out and, you know, what kind of beast have you created from that process?

We've been duped into believing we don't have 25 minutes to have something change our life. We don't have 2. You know, we're tweeting. We're running around. We're 15 words or less.

I think that if you look at places like Amsterdam and places where pot is very legal they do well with it. There is nothing taken away from it and crime is very low and all that.

You're going to find the good people and bad all around.

I just I love telling stories and as long as I can make my living doing that in all the different mediums that I have been lucky enough to, that's enough for me.

School has become the world religion of a modernized proletariat, and makes futile promises of salvation to the poor of the technological age.

Don't expect people to always understand you. Instead, learn to understand them. Then Accept, Forgive & Love unconditionally. This is a sure way to be Happy.

I didn't survivethe storm outsideto allow anyone (including myself)to erode my soul

I was wrenched awake at the tail-end of a stifled scream. I fought my way up from a deep dark dream. The scream had been mine.

A secret life taught me: it doesn't get easier, you become stronger.

Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.

I'm not saying [racial profiling] doesn't happen; I'm saying I haven't experienced it.

There isn't anything weird about my music.

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

For human beings, the most daunting challenge is to become fully human. For to become fully human is to become fully divine.