Joy lurks in every mundane thing, just waiting to be found. Love is impervious to reason. And words are wonderful.

My dreams are crowded with people, as though to compensate for the solitariness of my waking hours.

By staying, by shirking the responsibility and effort of leaving, by continuing to occupy this lovely man while giving him neither children nor a public companion nor a welcoming home-do I do wrong?

In the end we have one choice: to suffer well or suffer badly, to reach for or to reject that quality which is termed, equally, by both religious and secular, grace.

...There is a duty of solidarity among all us impossible, near-invisible people: a duty, out of sheer cussedness, not to disappear completely, simply to ease the conscience of the rest.

Be creative enough to dream, brave enough to try, persistent enough to succeed, and humble enough to thank those who helped you along the way.

Peace is a very powerful approach than war, choose peace when solving any problem in the world.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary.

Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, I felt like I had seen it all and done it all, and I was really kind of negative about everything.

Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven

I came out wanting to be an actor. From my first view of the world, that's what I wanted to be. I'm made of 99 percent ham and 1 percent water. I was just cooked that way!

I answer questions the best I can.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.