My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

Go ahead and be ordinary. Eccentricity is extraordinary.

People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.

Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

I approach poetry and spirituality like literary nitroglycerin -- a little can do a lot and you better damn well be careful with it.

The public regards lawyers with great distrust. They think lawyers are smarter than the average guy but use their intelligence deviously. Well, they're wrong. Usually they are not smarter.

But I am not what I say or what I do or what I remember. I am fundamentally more than that.

I resist my temptations in order to feel i am free.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.

When all of your friends are getting pregnant, you start thinking about it. But for Amy and I, show business is our baby.