We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

If you keep seeing events and others through your existing lens you would miss out on the new possibility. Sometimes, reality!!!

The strength of individual greatness makes a great team.

Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.

The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of is wings is clipped an we're never going to be able to fly as high.

There are no dull subjects. There are only dull writers.

It's my pleasure and honor to be here fighting on HBO and in the United States.

The less we move, the less we are capable of moving.

Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.

I really wanna lose three pounds.

I just hate sitting and writing - I had to do that in school. Plus, I have terrible handwriting.