"It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions."

“It sounds crazy, but I promise you it's true; wearing red lipstick really can change the course of a night out”

“Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.”

“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.”

“A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.”

Source : "The Other 'Girls': Jemima Kirke, Zoisa Mamet and Allison Williams on Their New HBO Show". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 13, 2012.

“There is a saying that every nice piece of work needs the right person in the right place at the right time.”

Source : "A Theory of Roughness". Interview with John Brockman, www.edge.org. December 20, 2004.

“Warden Baggett, thank you so much. You have been so good to me. I love all of you very much. I will see you all when you get there. I will wait for you.”

“If people in their 20s had more death awareness, would that in fact temper their ambition or drive? My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable. Some sort of greater awareness of their own finiteness and what their time on earth really is, and what they really want to do with their lives, could help improve them.”

“Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be.”