Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.

The music is just like Detroit, a complete mistake. It's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company.

I'm convinced that, in the long term, a monetary union includes a joint debt policy under strict, mutually agreed upon conditions.

The kinder and the more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people.

If you think success is about so many more things and is so much more arbitrary, then you can be much more open to the idea that you can be Ben Fountain and publish your great book at forty-nine.

Without a minimum of hope, we cannot so much as start the struggle.

Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.

Good storytelling appeals to me - good writing.

Was it really this easy, once you escaped, to just not care?

In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them.

To make a great future India, the whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, co-ordination of wills.