The expert in anything was once a beginner.

If you rest, you rust.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

Egocentrics are attracted to the inept. It gives them one more excuse for patting themselves on the back.

We are so busy with our everyday lives that we often forget how to live.

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know... so I made my own world.

In science it often happens that scientists say, "You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken..."

A hand up is worthier than one's own fist grasping a higher rung of the ladder.

The second stage of meditation begins when you can successfully stop thought for long periods of time. At this point you move beyond the awareness of this world.

No film ever ends up exactly as you would like it to, but with minor exceptions, THX came out pretty much as I had visualized it, thanks to some excellent assistance -- and a whole lot of luck.

We are seeing entertainment become politics and we're seeing people acting out in ways that are extremely violent and destabilizing. No rules apply. We're in an era of no rules now, it seems.

Everyday there's more death, and plus I'm doughless. I'm seeing more reasons for me to proceed with thieving.

Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.