Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

The true free-will ain't a matter of choosing one of many choices...but of creating variety of options, then deciding the best choice of all.

A Christian's celebration of Christmas should be a lot different from that of nonbelievers.

Film and art are close together.

I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility

Actually, they should just roll it all back get rid of gambling...It destabilizes the U.S. economy

I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his.

A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.

I was born just barely south of the Mason Dixon line.

I feel like I should be able to be 18 and have the friends that I choose and to have fun and live my life.