So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.

I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

150 people die every year from being hit by falling coconuts. Not to worry, drug makers are developing a vaccine.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.

There is no shame in not knowing your history, the shame lies in not finding out.

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid rich and fanciful.

The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.

Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

Find someone who will tremble for your touch, someone whose fingers are a poem.

You do not mess with the special investigators.

My face is so pretty, you don’t see a scar, which proves I’m the king of the ring by far.

Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

Everything is a gift from God: it is only by recognizing this crucial dependence on the Creator that we will find freedom and peace.