"Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child."

“The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.”

“Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, the burning of paper instead of children. How many must die before our voices are heard, how many must be tortured, dislocated, starved, maddened? When, at what point, will you say no to this war?”

Source : "The activist who saved my life, and other contrarians" by David Byrne, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2016.

“You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.”

“A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden liberation, my left arm flings downcanyon, opening my shoulders to the south, and I fall back against the northern wall of the canyon, my mind is surfing on euphoria. As I stare at the wall where not twelve hours ago I etched “RIP OCT 75 ARON APR 03,” a voice shouts in my head: I AM FREE!”

“I dote on his very absence.”

“Shedding off one more layer of skin, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.”

“For all it's problems and difficulties, life is mostly a wonderful experience, and it is up to each person to make the most of each day. I hope you are successful in your life, but look to the heavens and the earth and especially to other people to find your real wealth. Wherever I am, wherever you go, know that my love goes with you.”

Source : Elizabeth Berg (2007). “Dream When You're Feeling Blue: A Novel”, p.195, Random House

“The side of fairytales I don't like is that they always have happy endings, that there's just good and evil, and things are perfect. But life is a little more complicated, and that's what I try to teach my kids.”