It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree.

Personal liberty is the paramount essential to human dignity and human happiness.

Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me.

Weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets.

Nothing great comes into being all at once.

So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.

I write music every day.

I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.

He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.

Collaboration is necessary for making great art. Everybody has a perspective on what they think or feel the material should ultimately look like when it hits the screen.

Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.