In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.