There are two types of people in this world: Those who make it their life's work to rid themselves of all pain and suffering... and Artists.

If you were starving and had all the time in the world, would you stop eating the greatest slice of cake on earth halfway through? Then why would you quit on your dreams?

Late to bed, late to rise, makes a man unhealthy, poor, and stupid.

Sometimes standing up for what you believe means standing down and allowing the universe to do its work.

Politicians study hard and work diligently their entire lives to be able to stand in front of a national audience and lie through their teeth.

I can say with unwavering certitude that I have never started a pint of Ben 'n Jerry's ice cream that I didn't finish in its entirety within 6 minutes.

The bigger the words the weaker the voice.

To find meaning in our lives we need consistent exposure to kids, elders and animals... cuz kids and animals aren't looking for it, and elders are the closest to finding it.

The short-lived crash and burn of an eternal optimist is far more deeply felt than the day-to-day misery of an eternal pessimist.

I don't write comedy. I write drama that's funny.

I love cheetahs. Every moment of every day is spent in fear of dying a terrible death yet they always carry themselves elegantly, remain loyal to their family, and never complain about anything.

Live vertically, not horizontally.

We all have strategies to distract ourselves from what we cannot bear. Memory, for example, serves such a function.

Faith fertilizes dreams.

Reading to me has always been like having a conversation with people who wouldn’t ask me any personal questions. Instead, they open up their own hearts and tell their secrets to me.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.

A hotel is a hotel all the world over, a place essentially vulgar, commonplace, venal, the travesty of a human home.

Nobody starts out a perfect quilter.

It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.

We are most artistically caged.