Questions don't change the truth. But they give it motion.

What is liberty? The measure of dignity.

I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.

It's true that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function.

Nativity is the enemy of prophecy.

I love hiccups and I love sneezes and I love blinks and I love belches and I love gluttons. I love hair. I love bears. For me, the round. For me, the world.

Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds.

Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.

Banks are the temples of America. This is a holy war. Our economy is our religion.

Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives.

If you want to know what love is, have a child. If you want to know what pain is, bury him.

There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others.

May you find much more grace for everyday life.

It takes an artist…. to be an artist

I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope.

Remember that just the moment you say, "I give up," someone else seeing the same situation is saying, "My, what a great opportunity."

You may be witty, but not satirical.

Comedy does offer an avenue to television and film careers for untelegenic people that great drama does not.

I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently.

For me, preparing the canvas takes longer than painting. The actual painting takes about half an hour.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.