New York gets god awful cold in the winter but there's a feeling of wacky comradeship somewhere in the streets.

I'll write long sad tales about people in the legend of my life - This part is my part of the movie, let's hear yours.

When I got better I realized what a rat he was, but then I had to understand the impossible complexity of his life, how he had to leave me there, sick, to get on with his wives and woes.

Nonetheless we understood each other on other levels of madness...

Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi, the ultimate didi and dada of Indian politics, should really commiserate.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It's ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

Everybody has losses - it's unavoidable in life. Sharing our pain is very healing.

I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk of old times with old friends is the greatest thing in the world.

My God, what have they done to you? This isn't a man, it's a broken kite.

There's a coffin in the back of the church as the wedding is going on ... Look, I'm a romantic. I like marriage...In the movies.

Can the wounded heal the hurting?

Just as hundreds of brushstrokes comprised a finished canvas, people were made up of a lifetime of experiences, both good and bad. And without knowing what someone had endured, it was impossible to truly know them—and accept them—for who they were.