"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."

"My bounce-around life had taught me that dreams were dangerous things - they look solid in your mind, but you just try to reach for them. It's like gathering clouds."

"Too often the strong silent man is silent because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent."

"Aliter catuli longe olent, aliter sues. ('Puppies and pigs have a very different smell.')"

"In a nation of minorities, it is important that you don't cherry-pick rights. A right is a right."

"Justice: To seek it, one must be willing to give up the right to privacy, as nothing more private will become more public."

"The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal--or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be."

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."

"I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

"Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit."

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves."