Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand explain things you can't understand.

Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams

I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

It's so weird how that can be, how you could have a night that's the worst in your life, but to everybody else it's just an ordinary night.

its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber

One of the reasons I grew my hair long last year was that I like how my bangs cover my eyes: it helps me block out the things I don't want to see."-August thinking

So I just went over and sat with him. Not a biggie. I wish people would stop trying to turn it into something more. He's just a kid. The weirdest-looking kid I've ever seen, yes. But just a kid.

Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now.

While I don't equate the dark night with depression, I do think our depressive moods could be imagined spiritually rather than only psychologically.

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.

Choose love and don't ever let fear turn you away from your playful heart

Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.

Do what the heart commands. The heart is our only guide.

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from existing nuclear weapons and from further proliferation.

I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.

We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.

Never chide with anger, but instruction.