I have an eclectic taste in stuff whether it be movies or music or books or food or anything. Variety is interesting.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used to be a monologue to become a dialogue. I think that's healthy.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The Sun is such a lonely star. Whenever he comes out to see his friends, they all disappear.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.

If you know which way the current is going, you can use it to your advantage.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

When I was Younger, I wanted to be something.Now, I just want to be younger.

This may be a thing you neither want nor need, " she said. "But I'd rather you have it, wishing didn't, than not have it and wish you did.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

One person in the 60s fascinated me more than anybody I had ever known. And the fascination I experienced was probably very close to a certain kind of love

Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's.

You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.

Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.

You ain't gotta be a dope boy to have money.