Waiting is worse than knowing. Grief rends the heart cleanly, that it may begin to heal; waiting shreds the spirit.

We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?

happy women get softer and rounder.

If you would have peace, genuine peace, you must accept all the aspects of your personality and learn to be comfortable with them.

I'm Irish!...When I feel well I feel better than anyone, when I am in pain I yell at the top of my lungs, and when I am dead I shall be deader than anybody.

Wine could become a place rather than a beverage.

Intuition is the voice of the spirit within you.

The pain we bring to others we cannot escape ourselves.

He took her into his arms again, using all his strength to be gentle, and let his lips touch hers so lightly he could hardly feel it.

There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

You can create your ideal job.

Sufism is experiential

Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.

I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between.

Medicaid is a vital safety net for New York's poor and vulnerable, young and old alike.

I've had a best-practices reputation in this industry for a long time. I don't know anything about those other apps, because in the bar space, there really are none.

Authentic spirituality... does not render the self content, it renders it undone.

I've been married for 17 years and you know how the actors say, "It's really technical. Those scenes are not sexy. They're just so technical. It's like work." And I'm like, "That's bullshit."

Can you envision a world without men? No wrongdoing and bunches of euphoric, fat women.

We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call 'Potted Thinking'.