Summer School: Never stop learnin' if you want to stop earnin'. I'm reasonably sure there G's in learning and earning.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

You are always going to love him, she said " You're stuck with that.

Can you wait until I'm gone to be her boyfriend? Cause right now, I like to think of you as my boyfriend.

Just a drop in the ocean, " you say, And that may be true, But the ocean wouldn't be as full, If it weren't for you.

Rules of society are nothing one's conscience is the umpire.

You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?

To be hungry must be awful.

The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand; and write when there is something that you know; and not before, and not too damned much after.

You can tell when an actor or actress cares about their work. It's really clear.

For most men, a stepford wife would bore them to tears after a couple of weeks