I'll tell you a secret.Old storytellers never die.They disappear into their own story.

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

Each letter of the alphabet is a steadfast loyal soldier in a great army of words, sentences, paragraphs, and stories. One letter falls, and the entire language falters.

It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine.

Withhold a smile only when the smile can hurt someone. Otherwise, let it bloom forth in a riot.

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.

Don't be afraid of the dark. Shine!

Did You wrap yourself inside the unexpected so we might know that Love would go that far?

Hammer the lies! Nail the truth." ~ Angelica Hopes, If I Could Tell You

You can break through every barrier with persistent effort.

I can't stop.

Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.

If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.