Writing I think, out of what all of us do, writing is the hardest. You're the only who start with nothing except what's up here. You do that. It's really hard I think, acting is not.

Challenge yourself; it’s the only path which leads to growth.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it!

Donald Trump is the Honey Boo Boo of rich people.

Attacking People With Disabilities is the Lowest Display of Power I Can Think Of

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

The highest power is the human mind. That's where God came from and my belief in God is my belief in myself.

Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?

And a wheat thin the size of Lake Tahoe.

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.

But she was not made for any man, and she will never be all mine.

All four Gospels agree in giving us a picture of a very definite personality. One is obliged to say, "Here was a man. This could not have been invented.

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

The way to innocence, to the uncreated and to God leads on, not back, not back to the wolf or to the child, but ever further into sin, ever deeper into human life.

I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this business for being typecast.

I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.

It's no surprise I am addicted to all the Republican presidential candidates. They are like crack -- in that they will devastate black communities.