We talk about the past like it's the strangest dream. Then we repeat the things we never dreamed we'd do.

If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.

Sold my soul to the devil / for nice penmanship. / Now I write real pretty / but I'm starting to regret it.

I don't believe in the myth of the "self made man". Nobody gets through alone.

I used to be so young, how did I get so old?

You can't just look at the side of something that you want to see. You have to look at the whole round object and understand that there are parts of it that you don't like.

I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.

I think the future and the past are equally hypothetical.

Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to come back.

I'm influenced in a million different ways by a million songs that I've heard and digested.

The idea that things intrinsically were just better is so stupid to me because they never were. It's all relative.

What do I care how 'e looks? I am good-looking enough for both of us, I theenk! All these scars show is zat my husband is brave!

The greatest art is to shape the quality of the day.

Rich people read their bills. Poor people dread theirs.

summer is in me—clouds and lakes of shadows, rippling under the trees

I realized then that the generations may change but the strength of our nation remains solid.

Answers to prayer have to be on God's schedule, not ours. He hears us pray, and He answers according to His will in His own time.

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

I take pride in just knowing how to do things. Whenever a coach tells me to do something, I always try to do it the way he said or do it to my best ability.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.