People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

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.

Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things, never has power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation.

What TV was to John Kennedy, Facebook is to Obama.

Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.

It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness.

I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.

Futility has become a great subject, full of opportunities.

My own words take me by surprise and teach me what to think.

The end always passes judgement on what has gone before.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

I thought my heart had been wounded with the claws of a lion.