Poised for flight, Wings spread bright, Spring from night into the Sun.

There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone.

But never give your love, my friend, Unto a foolish heart

One man gathers what another man spills

Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look it right

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given.

The sky was yellow and the sun was blue.

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music Would you hold it near as it were your own?

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own

The greatest moments in our lives occur when we surrender: birth, love, and death.

The greatest things to have can't be possessed, they exist within yet can be shared, like freedom, love, trust, integrity, fun, dreams, creativity, wisdom, peace.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out

People have told me, 'My dad passed on, but I have great memories of watching your shows with him.' It doesn't get any better than that.

I've never trusted toadstools, but I suppose some must have their good points.

An aged Christian, with the snow of time upon his head, may remind us that those points of earth are whitest which are nearest to heaven.

Sometimes I wonder if I got lulled into not wanting things because I grew up black in this country.

Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.

Morality, like other inputs into the social process, follows the law of diminishing returns- meaning ultimately, negative returns. People can be too moral.

Getting involved is so, so . . . involving.