Loss is like a closed road that forces us to turn around and find another way to our destination. Who knows what we will discover and see along the way.

Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.

I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am.

The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.

Regret is… an unavoidable result of any loss, for in loss we lose the tomorrow that we needed to make right our yesterday or today.

Desire also creates a sense of attachment in the mind. Not only are we attached to our way of thinking and of seeing the world, but we become over-attached to the people or things we desire.

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.

I'm like Demerol... No disrespect to the Jacksons, but I kill mics.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

Our minds are finite and far from noble. Knowing their limits can help us to become better reasoners.

I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys

Invite them all in. Nip out the back door. Phone the police and tell them your house is being burgled.

I don't want to massively slag off Marvel, I don't. Because they have just employed a woman to be their superhero, and so hallelujah.

I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times!