We can endure almost anything if we are centered, if we have some focus in our life. You can endure if you have an anchor.

I cannot forget my mother, She is my bridge.

I cannot forget my mother. [S]he is my bridge. When I needed to get across, she steadied herself long enough for me to run across safely.

Love means the courage to expose yourself to the potential pains of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.

And she says, “Then let’s just take the effing road and get ourselves to Hav

The important things are always simple.

History is at once freedom and necessity.

What I say is what I say, I don't always say the right thing, I don't always say the politically correct thing. I don't have any regrets about that.

Believe it or not, I was just given an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee.

[The people that worked on The Simpsons] just had good taste. They knew how to execute absurd jokes.

Familiarity seems to breed contempt

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also becomes more unequal.

Since I have fair skin, I have to stay out of the sun. I can't stand the sun. I dyed my hair red for a while during the 1990s but I'm actually a natural blonde.

There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original.