The reward is in the doing of it.

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities.

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

I always liked to take the plunge, you know, I'd jump in at the deep end and hope that I'd find land somehow, or hope I'd float or survive. That's more or less the way I've gone through my life.

You're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?

Being sensitive is a gift that fosters peace. Help create a kinder, gentler world by embracing it.

Writing is a worthwhile work.

Your own family resemblances are a frustrating code, most easily read by those who know you least.

I know my limitations. I know I'm not perfect. I know what I know, but more importantly, I know what I don't know. When I don't know something, I surround myself with people I can trust to teach me.

The living carry us inside them like pearls. We survive only so long as they remember us.

If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is.

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a Jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to vanish into the vast sea of God.

I like seeing someone that can sing jazz and then flip over and sing a pop song and then sing a rock song.