Thirty seconds of pure awareness is a long time, especially after a lifetime of escaping yourself at all costs.

I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself.

I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.

An inner ease spreads inside me. Such is the power of acceptance and understanding from other people, the power of validation

Art is the product of an imperfect world. In a perfect world, art would not exist.

To be honest one must be inconsistent.

A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.

Chicago was big for me as far as developing as a person and as a basketball player.

Every time you ride, your either teaching or un-teaching your horse.

A little bait catches a large fish.

I come from the theater and I plan to always do theater. So I don't really see myself not being able to act even if people don't think I am sexy enough for film at 40, I'll still be acting.

Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune.

It is important to remember that for every person, there will be a problem. Even more importantly, for every problem, our God has a prescription!

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.