There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears, He acts as though the others were his peers.

Live each day as if your life had just begun.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

At the moment of commitment the entire universe conspires to assist you.

Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.

If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Love is the only language that everyone understands without any word or interpretation.

You don't cry when someone pushes you down. You get up. You get up and you fight back. And pretty soon nobody's going to shove you anymore because they'll see it's not worth it.

Somewhere between what is...and what can be...begs the question...what are you meant to be?

My biggest fear? My biggest fear would be turning into an inanimate object.

In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

Music and art are two very different activities for me. However, the use of imagery links them, and invention is important for both.

What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.

I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.

Everyone should be encouraged...in spiration and artistic freedom is the cornerstone of rock and roll.