See, she goes places when she reads. I know all about that. When I'm reading, wherever I am, I'm always somewhere else.

Sidda can't help herself. She just loves books. Loves the way they feel, the way they smell, loves the black letters marching across the white pages...

Good Lord didn't mean for us to hate ourself. He made us to love ourself like He do, with wide open arms.

...Don't ever worry bout bein holy, babychild. Just keep your eyes wide open except when you sleep. Then let the Lord's mighty vision see you through the night.

Sometimes I wonder if any of us are cut out for the lives we lead.

For what is more lovable than failure?

I don't drink anymore for Cinco de Mayo. I celebrate with Mexican food, or as it's known in Mexico: 'food.'

The human soul needs actual beauty even more than bread.

To save the Theatre, the Theatre must be destroyed, and actors and actresses all die of the Plague ... they make art impossible.

I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they're printed.

I've always believed that photography is a way to shape human perception.

It must infuriate our children to see us always so much more forbearing with everybody else's.

The eye... the point where a person's identity is concentrated.

I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my shelf.

There's such a thing as spiritual capital that has economic function and potential.