"We are born to love as we are born to die, and between the heartbeats of these two great mysteries lies all the tangled undergrowth of our tiny lives. There is nowhere to go but through. And so we walk on, lost, and lost again, in the mapless wilderness of love."

“There's always something to occupy the inquiring mind.”

“I look at failure as the fertilizer to success.”

Source : "Actor Thomas Q. Jones: Making it out of a small town and a positive perspective on failure". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“I say yes to almost anything that comes my way.”

Source : Interview wih Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. January 12, 2011.

“Art is the space between the viewer and the rectangle that hangs on the wall. Unless something of the person that created the work is there, there's nothing for the viewer to take away.”

“I don't worry about losing all my fans. Whatever true fans you've got will stick by you, so that's nothing to worry about”

“Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems to make sense in their minds. But it makes no sense to me at all... But it's a popular point of view. Probably because it's so much easier. It relieves you of the burden of any and all self-examination. (Nathan to Nat)”

“I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.”

“Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid.”

Source : "Ann Douglas: How to Cope When Your Child is Suffering With Mental Illness". Interview with Brandie Weikle, thenewfamily.com. January 28, 2015.