We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"

Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

Love is a contradiction... Jace to Clary

I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.

We will respond to the threat of climate change

There is no song to your singing.

The Libertarian Party is a shameful party

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

I can still go grocery shopping and not get mobbed. But when I was in South Africa this summer, I had people asking for autographs, and that scared me.

There were no terrorists in Iraq. There's never been an Iraqi terrorist.

Actors are as anxious about the state of audiences as aviators are over weather conditions.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.