I always felt a bit alone and isolated from other people...I did a lot of pretending as a child. It was my way of coping with the fact that I didn't feel like I fit in.

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it's not like I am hopeless.

Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.

You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want.

I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.

Art is about trying to find the good in people, and making the world a more compassionate place.

I’m a Virgo; it’s in my sign to be hard on myself.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

You need to be happy to live, I don't.

I thank the earth and the sky everyday for the opportunities I’ve had.

I shall never exchange reading for riches.

Inspiration should always be free.

If your eyes can not cry, then your gut will."The head and heart may be in denial of your human needs, but the gut will always carry the wisdom of your needs met and unmet, and thusly respond.

There come times when we have to fight for peace.

Medicare, getting through that in the '60s, after Kennedy's assassination, where there was such an emotional desire to do something to carry on his agenda.

Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing you invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing you must invent.

Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

People aren't always what you want them to be

Defense to me is the key to playing baseball.