Torrent of light and river of air, Along whose bed the glimmering stars are seen, Like gold and silver sands in some ravine Where mountain streams have left their channels bare!

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Reading the Bible will help you get to know the word, but it’s when you put it down and live your life that you get to know the author.

Tears sprang from her eyes and she bit her lip to stop herself from howling at the bright pain.

So I wonder what it is this need to tell.To animate somehow the deathly stillness of the profoundest beauty. Breathe life in the telling.

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.

THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.

I've known just thousands of people a hell of a lot more talented than me who never could get anywhere.

My main concern is with the anxiety that has settled upon America.

Witnessing is the essence of being a documentary filmmaker. Capturing moments in time; never knowing how history will judge them.

I'm down to a bottle of wine a day, but my hands still shake a bit.

I have a music career as well, so I was going to either be an actress or a musician. Then, I did both. But, I was always going to do something creative.