'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.

You can't make people change, but the organizers of WorldFest hope that people consider being vegetarian for both moral and health reasons

No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.

I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

I don't want to see old people doing rap or rock and roll. It makes me cringe.

When the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies.

I collect stuffed animals, and toy stores make me happy.

Insignificant events can take on monumental proportions when your head is full of practically nothing.

When you get older, it's not about what you did that you regret, it's what you didn't do.

It's really a drag to sit around when you're old, and think, 'Ah, gee, I never went to France.' Go to France. Life is very short; you've got to pack it all in there.

What is magic?There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.

The biggest battles you face in love are the battle to know your worth and the battle to know when your boundaries need to be protected.

Poetry is the hardest thing that there is. It fascinates me, so I want to write more of it.

I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

All information is treated equally; only an accurate argument will work.

The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.

Mary had a little putt, she needed it for par. Mary has a second putt...the first one went too far!

Immortality is a ridiculous illusion, an empty word, a butterfly net chasing the wind.

Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.