There is a creative act involved by the receiver as well as by the sender and that makes for innovation. Both sides are equally important.

My mother was lost to me, but I wasn’t lost. She had anchored me, to Amma, my father, Link, Gatlin, before she left. I felt her in the streets, my house, the library, even the pantry.

Most of us aren't equipped to handle miracles, man. I'm not sure that I am, not without being seriously stoned.

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

Every Thursday or something, my mother would shoot it at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center. And sometimes she would have me there when Morris The Cat was on, and Lassie was on.

A teacher can only lead you to the threshold of your own mind.

I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.

You cannot succeed if at some point you haven't failed.

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language.

I like singing in the street, so if you saw a little Indian kid walking on the street singing loudly, that was probably me.

An unaspiring person always complaints. There is no end to his complaints. He bitterly complains even when the blessings of opportunity knock at his very door.