A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.

The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don’t change governments during war.

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday’s news.

I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.

it's hard to talk sensibly with giants - their massive heads tend to get lost in the clouds

The child tells me her grandmothershowed her how to cure sadness by sucking the juice of an orange, while standing on a beach.Toss the peels onto a wave.Watch the sadness float away.

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.

My daughter asked if the boogie man was scary. I said, "Not as scary as the boogie woman.

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year.

Every citizen, regardless of his race, creed, or color, is entitled to equal justice.

Put me on stage and I'm happy.

For us [hockey] is an opportunity, myself and my brothers have an opportunity to do something special.

Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

The life of a writer is absolute hell compared to the life of a businessman.