“What is wisdom? If you are a mystic you become totally empty and you are given whatever you need. For example, there is a plane where all the knowledge is, and you can go there. You can get whatever you need.”

“You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”

“When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.”

“You can think whatever you want, do whatever you want. I'm going to just go on loving you, even if it's hopeless.”

“You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.”

“Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”

“You need friends, especially in the theatre, you need friends. You need people to interchange with, interface with, connect with. Together you’re going to make it, you’re going to do it together, you’re going to put it on, whatever it is.”

“Believing strongly that God has given you all the abilities you need, you can be anything you want to be.”

“Okay. But I'm just going to be out there - having a tea party with her cats or whatever it is she has in mind. You need me? You yell. You want to leave? We go. I'll get you out of here, no matter what.”

“You need both clarity and earnestness for self-knowledge. You need maturity of heart and mind, which comes through earnest application in daily life of whatever little you have understood. (…).”