It's a really cool time for artists who want to strive for a little more depth in what they want to say to come forward. We live in a very fast world right now. We've got all this media and music which is so accessible to us, it's here one minute gone the next.

Something about New York, man: You can do more comedy there probably than you can anywhere in the world. If you're interested in being funny, New York is the place to go.

Dave Chappelle

Exile as a mode of genius no longer exists; in place of Joyce we have the fragments of work appearing in Index on Censorship.

Nadine Gordimer

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

George Bernard Shaw

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Peace Pilgrim

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war

Albert Einstein

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Lao Tzu

Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

Bonnie Raitt

A word after a word after a word is power.

Margaret Atwood

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired.

Edward Young

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

Tacitus

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Mother Teresa