All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.

The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind.

I think communication starts when words are not present at all ... I think we put so much emphasis on language, actually silence is so much more important.

Theatre is fake... The knife is not real, the blood is not real, and the emotions are not real. Performance is just the opposite: the knife is real, the blood is real, and the emotions are real.

Because we never stop silently loving those who we once loved out loud

I am only interested in the ideas that become obsessive and make me feel uneasy. The ideas that I'm afraid of.

True love for whatever you are doing is the answer to everything.

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

When you have so much pain, you think you will lose consciousness. If you say to yourself, ‘So what, lose consciousness,’ the pain goes away.

If we go for the easy way, then we never change.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.

Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.

Notion without intuition is empty, intuition without notion is blind.

Pessimism is an emotion not a philosophy.

If there's one thing I hate, it's the movies. Don't even mention them to me.

And to be different is great. You don't want to be the same.

Most of the things we spend our lives chasing will turn to dust in the end.

We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.

Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.