"I want to be like the air. The good-hearted person whose kindness overflows and people realize how important she was to them, once she is gone. I want to be that kind of person."

“I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.”

“The advent of the digital age and the immediacy and convenience of digital video and photography allows people to become an integral part of the feedback loop which actively shapes the content we are fed.”

“I'm not sure how anyone with a soul can make jokes about the passing of one of the most talented artists this generation will see.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 23, 2011

“What the crowd requires is mediocrity of the highest order.”

“Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.”

“Must the citizen ever for a moment, or in the least degree, resigns his conscience to the legislator? Why has every man a conscience then? I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward.”

“Some persons are so inclined to mortify themselves that at every opportunity they have, they do so. What a beautiful practice this is, and how profitable!”

“Being on top of the world doesn't mean anything unless you know what it's like to be at the bottom.”