What is important may or may not be important but what is thought to be important is indeed important.

My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic.

Some prisons don't require bars to keep people locked inside. All it takes is their perception that they belong there.

My sister and I were born in San Francisco. When our parents died, we came down here to live with relatives.

If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

I intend to have protections for the L.G.B.T. community in there. I'm not going to make choices between that community and the non-L.G.B.T. community.

I love doing a lot of things I'm told I can't do. I think that's what drives me and keeps me awake every day.

As one individual changes, the system changes.

You shouldn't run away from your problems, you need to aim straight for the heart of the beast.

We can lift ourselves, and others as well, when we refuse to remain in the realm of negative thought and cultivate within our hearts an attitude of gratitude.