Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.

In dealing with a man who thinks you are a fool, it is good sometimes to remind him that you know what he knows but have chosen to appear foolish for the sake of peace.

There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.

Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us.

if you feel happy, Smile with all your heart. if you're down, smile with all your might.

He knew for certain that she belonged forever in his arms, just as he knew she didn’t realize it yet.

Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

I love not being in charge of writing all the songs, and being the front person - the whole thing is cool.

Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more.

The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.

Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religious fanatic talk about the day he saw the light.

I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin.