Too many people are quick to dream big, but slow to act on it.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.

Writing is like knitting. Stitch after stitch, word by word, and before you know it you have a book ... or a jumper!

Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.

We have to have a revolution so that all young people grasp empathy and practice it. This is the most fundamental revolution that we have to get through.

Landmarks to the muses that inspired the music. When I could tell it was sincere without trying to prove it

There is no moral distinction between fur and other materials made from animals, such as leather, which also is the result of the suffering and death of sentient beings.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

Men who are proud of being black marry black women; women who are proud of being black marry black men.

I can't think of a better place to be than Scottsville, Virginia.

Ninety-eight percent of what goes on in people's heads is none of their smucking business.