Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves.

I was not the kid that hung out at the arcade.

No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened.

You can't make a cloudy day a sunny day, but can embrace it and decide it's going to be a good day after all.

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.

Along time ago I asked myself do I want to be right or do I want to be kind; I opted for kind.

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.

Behind the veil of each night, there is a smiling dawn.

ولأنني رغم القبور..ورغم موت الأرضأرفض أن أموت

The only path to real promotion is to humble yourself and make yourself of no reputation and then begin to give yourself to other people and serve them.

She was the unlucky lover, who loved everyone but herself

What you don’t know fills the infinite universe. What you do know only fills your mind.

That they may have a little peace even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.

I'm not a DJ, I don't know how to scratch and I don't know how to mix, but I do know how to party. One of my jobs is actually to travel the world and party.

If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.

I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.

Love revels in and grows in the moment and the joy of the moment.