Maybe the internet raised us, or maybe people are jerks.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

Like wildflowers you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

I am really thankful to the audiences that they have appreciated all my songs and I have managed to touch their soul.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

If the situation presents itself, I'm always going to play as if I want the job. You either play, or get played out.

You don’t choose a life, dad. You live one.

I've been doing this stuff for so long it's the one aspect of my life that I've paid attention to and really sort of not paid attention to the rest of it.

I'll preach anywhere. If it's a round trip ticket to preach in hell, I'll take it-as long as it's round trip.

Are you not entertained?

I live in New York City, the stories of my films take place in New York; I'm a New York filmmaker.

The freedom of America is the freedom to live your own life and take your own chances.

We must never bend too much.