You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

going back and forth, back and forth, getting nowhere

I drank that sentence and began to glow.

Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair.

I'll be the invisible girl, Everyone passing through me, No one touching.

Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent.

The conquered roam free in the box of insanity.

I believe in "love it, or change it" rather than "love it, or leave it."

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

I'm not a folk-singer. I just sing a certain place.

For a sorcerer, reality, or the world as we all know it, is only a description.

Decide in your heart of hearts what really excites and challenges you, and start moving your life in that direction

Honestly, every movie I do in America, the only challenge for me is English. I've done everything already, for me it's pretty easy. Only the English.

Politics is quite draining. There are so many heated discussions and press conferences to cover during a convention.

After years of practice, I can walk into a bookstore and understand its layout in a few seconds. I can glance at the spine of a book and make a good guess at its content from a number of signs.