The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.
There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them.
Every man has within himself the entire human condition
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
Only the fools are certain and assured.
Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
I wanted each different Chelsea to be able to navigate her own world without having to also speak to a larger narrative.
Art itself is underserved when we don't realize the power of it.
It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent.