Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to everyone, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.

Success is not about the money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.

To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.

I think it's important to be able to laugh at life.