"This is an historic day for American public education and for our nation as we begin the journey to level the academic playing field for every student. State Boards of Education are ready to play an active role in this process and some have already started the progression of adoption. We are eager to move this agenda forward."

“When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.”

Source : "Theater Pros Debate Multi-Cultural Casts - Speech By Playwright August Wilson Ignites A Controversy At Conference" by Misha Berson, community.seattletimes.nwsource.com. July 07, 1996.

“I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.”

“We are the mirror - As well as the face in it.”

“Over to the jukebox I staggered for a love song to scatter my body before her.”

Source : Song: Lager and Ale

“I AM A PERSON WHO THINKS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE SPIRIT WHEN I WRITE. I THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN'T BE KNOWN AND ONLY IMAGINED. I OFTEN SENSE A SPIRIT OR FORCE OR MEANING BEYOND MYSELF. I LEAVE IT OPEN AS TO WHAT THE SPIRIT IS, BUT I CONTINUE TO MAKE GUESSES.”

“I have not once felt a thing for the male sex, I was only interested in the fairer sex. Mine.”

“In the last few decades, mankind has sinned terribly against the law of natural selection. We haven't just maintained life unworthy of life, we have even allowed it to multiply.”