"You have to be able to use it [art] to effect change in the community. That's what gives the film and the music an impactful legacy."

“But you know the second month I was here I put out a healthy lifestyles directive. The pundits will say it was because we were sued. Well that's what they say. It was never about that.”

“I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.”

Source : Time magazine, November 01, 1963.

“The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.”

“The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or a woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.”

“That's also part of having great editors -- they can sort of be honest with you and say, "I see where you're headed with this, but I don't think it's there yet. Dig deeper, babe, and come back with something more." And that's what you do, you dig waaaaaaaay down and you walk around the block eight million times and then you have it -- shazam! And it all comes together in something soooo much better than you thought you were capable of.”

“John Kerry says that he wants to debate President Bush once a month until the election. This could be a risky move for Senator Kerry. If Bush doesn't show up for the debates, John Kerry may end up debating an empty chair. And that could be pretty much a toss up as to which one has the better personality.”

“Sometimes really, really bad things happen to people, and there is no explanation and no reason whatsoever.”

“Being a professional does not have a very high standard.”