I don't know a better preparation for life than a love of poetry and a good digestion.

The unexpressed is always of greater value than the expressed.

I tell you of all history the most beautiful product is the family tie.

When you look at a corpse you can always sense your own breath better.

Always he had wanted to tell somebody about his life, but when he had tried, his confidante had looked at him.

Loving, like prayer, is a power as well as a process. It's curative. It is creative.

Loving like prayer is a power as well as a process. It's curative. It is creative.

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Only the ones who believe ever see what they dream, ever dream what comes true.

The one question you can't ask is, "Is this feature actually good or not?"

I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.

Room 10 [a short film she codirected with Andrea Buchanan] nailed my personal theme: love and choosing to stay in the room when the going gets tough.

I can't move my body slowly. I can't move the line slowly. So I end up with way too much, often opaque to me later.

Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more.

The demeaning of dignity is almost the only reason for a fight.

When life's conditions don't equal your expectations you are unhappy, have no expectations only appreciations (especially in the area of relationships)