That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

In this life, you can not understand what you do have not lived.

Balance your body for better results. A balanced body improves electrical communication to muscles and gets you stronger, faster.

Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.

The strengthening of faith, I think, is the ultimate goal of organized religion altogether.

I see the entire world as Eden, and every time you take an inch of it away, you must do so with respect.

All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity.

I had a year at 3 when I wanted to be a conductor in the opera.

Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.

Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity