Every morning you are reborn, and prove it worthwhile.

Writing blooms flowers for mind, which last forever.

In this marvelous dispensation of the fulness of times, our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable.

put out the candles with your fire—I’m on fire

After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.

I enjoy all mediums, and I have to say, music is the medium that first made me understand how powerful art could be.

The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise au point) of the book as a vital function.

In the '90s, people wore scrunchies, but it was very uncool in the punk scene.

The liquid state of modernity is corrosive to continuity.

I love doing stuff that I haven't done before. That's the goal: To keep reinventing myself.

The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.