People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Only trials can bring you triumph and only obstacles can bring you miracle.

I loved the geography part. Learning about that made me want to read.

Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.

Likewise and during every day of an unillustrious life, time carries us. But a moment always comes when we have to carry it.

I like just having that separation between my music life and my personal life.

This is going to be an old fashioned Baptist camp meeting with old fashioned singing, preaching and testifying.

While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean.

After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the national conversation about abortion and birth control would be over. It was not.

Abstract and conceptual painters face different demons than representational painters, but neither group has a monopoly on either authenticity or originality.

There is no such thing as a future decision. There are only present decisions that affect the future.