There are few things as toxic as a bad metaphor. You can't think without metaphors.

We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.

The past empowers the present, and the sweeping footsteps leading to this present mark the pathways to the future.

The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.

What would it be like to have not only color vision but culture vision, the ability to see the multiple worlds of others.

As you get up in the morning, as you make decisions, as you spend money, make friends, make commitments, you are creating a piece of art called your life.

When parents die, all of the partings of the past are reevoked with the realization that this time they will not return.

The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.

Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.

Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.

Goals too clearly defined can become blinkers.

Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.

Sit back and enjoy. And remember: Always be careful what you say around your kids.

If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.

I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.

Your presence is the most precious gift you can give to another human being.

I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.

I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that.

The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

It's Faster horses, Younger women, Older whiskey and More money.

The most important thing for us to do as beings is to be aware of our position in the world on a micro and macro level.