Why was I standing on the street when the window feel out of the building? Why did the bus run over me? Because it was my turn in the barrel, that's why.

It's normal to shy away from illness and death. It's natural to gravitate toward laughter and life.

But some climbs you have to make alone.

You move forward. You face up to your challenges. You don't retreat. You're young, and sometimes you'll wish you could. But don't.

‎"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.

When the tears were gone I washed my face and walked back to the store to finish my shopping. Because even when your heart is breaking you still need bread and Rice Krispies and orange juice.

I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm.

The way I work, I'm not a confessional singer-songwriter.

As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, Barbra Streisand - or going back to when I was a child, Aileen Quinn, the original Annie.

Those who attempt to evangelize the culture by imitating its forms must beware lest the culture evangelize them.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

There are griefs which grow with years.

A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.

To hope is to send darkest night into exile.