We never remember days, only moments.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

It's pointless to cry. One is born and dies alone.

Darling, even raindrops try to wipe my teardrops but your thoughts haul out more tears from my liquid eyes and then teardrops replace raindrops...

the cemetery is the home of those who are not here, come in.

I wanted to be able to play guitar. I wanted to be able to make music hurt.

I believe in most of the things Republicans stand for.

So often when Black men have to play roles on TV, we're either the noble savage or we're completely a savage, and there's no nuance.

I don't believe that consciousness is generated by the brain. I believe that the brain is more of a reciever of consciousness.

I like it to stay very organic, and to remember a personal story behind all my subjects.

As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.