You dwell in whitened castles with deep and poisoned moats and cannot hear the curses which fill your children's throats.

We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!'

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

In today's climate in our country, which is sickened with the pollution of pollution, threatened with the prominence of AIDS, riddled with burgeoning racism, rife with growing huddles of the homeless, we need art and we need art in all forms. We need all methods of art to be present, everywhere present, and all the time present.