Words are the part of silence that can be spoken.

I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.

Art can make a difference because it pulls people up short. It says, don't accept things for their face value; you don't have to go along with any of this; you can think for yourself.

I don't know how to answer. I know what I think, but words in the head are like voices underwater. They are distorted.

I felt like a seed in a pomegranate. Some say that the pomegranate was the real apple of Eve, fruit of the womb, I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Happiness is a specific. Misery is a generalization. People usually know exactly why they are happy. They very rarely know why they are miserable.

Quest is at the heart of what I do-the holy grail, and the terror that you'll never find it, seemed a perfect metaphor for life.

I find pieces of myself everywhere, and I cut myself handling them.

Do you fall in love often?" Yes often. With a view, with a book, with a dog, a cat, with numbers, with friends, with complete strangers, with nothing at all.

I would eat my way into perdition to taste you.

Life cannot be calculated. That's the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the equation -- it is part of the equation.

Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears.

They've been practicing racism so long, it's perfect.

Leaders should always be the initiators of reconciliation.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

All technological breakthroughs start with a small "elite". Think about cellphones, for example. Now just about everyone has one. The same will happen to innovations such as Twitter.

I did five seasons of 'Baywatch,' and I did four seasons of 'VIP.' I've been around awhile.

We want American families to feel more confident in life. We want the next generation to know that yes, the best days of this country are still ahead of us.

I always saw myself performing on stage and the girls yelling out my name.

I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.