Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale.

The conversation limped along this line of thought much like a zombie: lifeless and mindless and making a jelly of whatever healthy brains were within its reach.

True courage is knowing not when to take a life, but to save one.

Enthusiasm is the energy and force that builds literal momentum of the human soul and mind.

When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.

I started playing the piano from the age of three and I started teaching myself; we always had a piano round the house.

The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ears.

Okay - the world needs its cogs, all of them; and even a cog may say how it gets used. In fact, only a cog may determine its eventual meaning in the system. That's what I wanted to tell you.

I'm born to do music. I'm born to act. I'm born to dance and all of these things, and I will be respected.

I think that the Iraqi ground defenses shot down dozens of missiles. We are in the process of counting all these missiles quickly

I think empathy's a terrible danger for a writer.

How beautiful to look at When my prayer Lights a candle of hope In my heart.