There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God
Great teachers have high expectations for their students, but higher expectations for themselves.
The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest part about being a teacher is that it matters every day.
If teaching were easy, we wouldn't need teachers.
Art happens all the time, everywhere. All we have to do is to keep our minds open.
I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe and that's where I started. It doesn't make any sense because he was gay, but it was just the idea of the short guy and the beautiful blonde out of his league. That's where I started, but very quickly it became about me.
There's something about his eyes in the photo. A kind of mystery. His personality comes through. It's always hung on my walls and I've given it to many people as a present. (On his iconic photo of Che Guevara)
A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.