That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.

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.

They are many wounded hearts here. Many! Some admit. Others - the stubborn ones, scribble poetry instead.

The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.

Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love.

I think the fall from the farmer to the operative as great and memorable as that from the man to the farmer.

I did my gospel record, but there was nothing really of it. Maybe a hundred people bought it. But it's one of those things on the internet that people find and they make into a big deal.

Any time I have seen someone accomplishing something magnificent, they have been a monomaniac with a mission. A single-minded individual with a passion.

I don't iron anything. Never have and never will.

Realizing that nothing can last, that all is as dreamlike illusion.

It's all based on saying the shocking thing. We used to have a great time going to Hollywood parties and saying 'I think George Bush is doing a great job.' We'd clear out the room. I used to love it.

I was really interested in geishas' work, and wanted to meet real geishas.