Despair. . . It hides away propagates, expands, and finally explodes
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.
I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.
A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.
[Slogan of her 'Trouble Bureau' for needy artists and musicians:] Happiness is a change of trouble.
Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.
If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.
On the other end of the spectrum, we can't use this permission to sometimes say no and use it as a wand to wish away all our responsibilities. We also must remember not to use our "no" answers as a weapon. We can't turn into No! ninjas, karate-chopping anyone who even comes close to asking us for something.