Yes, the past is another country, but one that we can visit, and once there we can bring back the things we need.

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.

There is no truth, " Stephanie said mysterously. "Only perspectives.

Behind every problem in life lies a purpose.

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced me through years ago.

Life is a sea of sorrow in the midst of islands of happiness.

Given free rein, our imagination can get infinite.

I think I went on a nice winning streak of about 20 fights until I fought Jorge Reyes and he stopped me in 6 rounds after I punched myself out.

During the hard training phase never be afraid to take a day off. If your legs are feeling unduly stiff and sore, rest; if you are at all sluggish, rest; in fact, if in doubt, rest.

It is probably safe to say that over a long period of time, political morality has been as high as business morality.

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.