Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right.

When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.

I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, and you would respond another. Neither would be right or wrong. It's just that each of us is courageous, and that's what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don't be in denial.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.