I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.

I haven't collected memorabilia. I am not a person who lives in the past.

Everybody in their own imagination decides what scary is.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.

If you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, keep cooking. Success comes from repeatedly doing things that make you uncomfortable.

Students in the school of prayer never graduate from the school of the Gospel.

Friendship like credit is highest where it is not used.

What a joy it is to dance and sing!

I have given you my soul; leave me my name!

When you hear a word, think about it, no matter how dull it sounds! Because on the second thought, it may sound very clever!

When you are happy, the people around you are happy, too, and it inspires them to change their own world.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them.