When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

Birds fly Over The Rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.

Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why my little party's just beginning. ~ Wicked Witch of the West Wizard of Oz

Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

I shall ask for brains instead of a heart; for a fool would not know what to do with a heart if he had one.

No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

Even a God finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time.

My heart made it's choice, and it chose you.

Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.

How can the Replacements be the best band of the 80s when I've never even heard of them?

I used to worry about every little thing, trying to figure out every problem. Well, I realize now how foolish that was. I was no more in control of my life than the man on the moon.

My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar

You need humility to say 'I might be wrong.'

When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all.

I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do. For me, making movies is a way to bring on change for myself, and I really enjoy that part.