Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.

You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.

The idea of a liberal media bias is simply a myth. If only it were true, we might have a more humane, open-minded, and ultimately effective public debate on the issues facing the country.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

When they tried me out as a host on TV, I found that I just couldn't be that gregarious person. I was stranger than that.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

A hero isn’t a hero until he brings the boon back to the tribe.

Gravity proves that the whole universe is filled with Love.

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil rights. I say we are 172 years late.

I don’t have any doubt in my mind that there will come a time when we will see violence against animal rights abusers.

27 percent to 55 percent of casino revenues come from problem or pathological gamblers

I had a hard childhood. Hard for my parents. Not that bad for me.

I could not hear what they say about me, my 2 Stanley Cup rings were stuffed in my ears.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

Those skilled in attack move as from above the nine-fold heavens. Thus they are capable both of protecting themselves and of gaining complete victory.

Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.