"I think, as I've gotten older I have realized what a huge privilege it is to even be in this business. I, more than ever, love what I do"

"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"All lasting business is built on friendship"

"Its love that makes the world go round, my baby"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit"

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them"

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"