You chase off every man that’s ever been interested, and you do it without even trying.

She almost never said his name. Because it made the dreams too real. Because it made the loneliness too tangible when she woke up.

In every role that I do - whether I'm a teacher, actor or mentor - I do it with total dedication and as much honesty as I feel is required because there's no alternative to honesty and hard work.

What God gives in answer to our prayers will always be the thing we most urgently need, and it will always be sufficient.

One has to resign oneself to being a nuisance if one wants to get anything done.

It hurts to be around life. People don't understand how close death is, right over their shoulders, around the block, at the end of a street. It's everywhere.

I'm always appreciative of fans.

I practice more than ever ... mostly scales and arpeggios ... and anything I can't do.

The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions

Prayer is a concentration of positive thoughts.

Love isn’t a thing, after all, but an endless series of single acts.

We think there is a parallel between federal involvement in education and the decline in profit over recent years.