A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.

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.

When we're constantly thinking about ourselves, our world shrinks.

While I don't equate the dark night with depression, I do think our depressive moods could be imagined spiritually rather than only psychologically.

Forgive everyone for everything, and sleep with a clean heart!Good Night Universe!

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

The virtue as the art consecrates itself constantly to what's difficult to do, and the harder the task, the shinier the success.

The earth is a used Kleenex on the universe's nightstand.

From my parents, I learned a very strong work ethic, and all of my brothers and sisters all worked from the earliest days of life right through to the present time.

I think Mount Everest is gorgeous, too, but that doesn’t mean I have any intention of trying to climb it

I’m not a warrior or a goddess,” I said at last. Adrian leaned closer. “As far as I’m concerned, you’re both.

If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer even if you haven't published anything.