We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

Just underneath your breaking point lies your true strength.

Nothing is really lost as long as you remember it

Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Really knowing is good. Not knowing, or refusing to know, is bad, or amoral, at least. You can't act if you don't know. Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.

Gardening gave me a way to work with silence; not "in silence" but "with silence" - it was a silent creativity.

Our purpose is to consciously, deliberately evolve towards a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being.