Nature loves death: she will not punish it.

Happiness does not come from making money. It comes from spending it. Most people are doing otherwise.

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity

Love does whatever it takes to multiply itself and somehow along the way everyone becomes a part of it.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

Pain has an element of blank

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.

There is no country on earth that has done more for our own poor and for the poor around the world. We are not the ones that need to be targeted.

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.

Figuring out what to wear is much easier if you first think about what effect you want to create.

I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.