You tend to be afraid when someone seems foreign to you. But if you aren't careful, that can lead to bigotry.

People in power need to control others in order to maintain power. One of the ways to do that is to take that which is threatening and demonize it.

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family.

Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

I believe people who practice their beliefs in daily life are activists.

I want word of mouth to be our biggest voice.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

The state and the church seldom approve of anything I do. I don't need their approval. I don't aspire to the heterosexual nuclear family model

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSTAY. Don't wait. Just ship.

Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.

Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.

A sweet child is the sweetest thing in nature.

In me, by myself, without human relationship, there are no visible lies. The limited circle is pure.

The idea of playing a character for even two years, to me feels claustrophobic - only because I want to play a lot of different people.

As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.

The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance.

Love is contagious. When I share love, it comes back to me multiplied. Love opens every door.