Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

If there's any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's OK to be different, that it's good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgment on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different color.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.