Despite how difficult and hopeless it was at times, my experiences have shaped me for the better in many ways. It ultimately taught me empathy and invaluable lessons only learned through adversity.

Lesson Number One in controlling a man: find his weakness. Every man had one.

Your life is determined by the sum of the choices that YOU make.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

Everybody has problems. Everyone has issues.

Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.

There is a noble forgetfulness-that which does not remember injuries.

I believe in empathy. When religion provides that for people, it's the best thing in the world.

Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning.

The worst day of my life was once that my mom didn't allow me to go to a Queen concert because I was grounded.

When I'm wearing too-high heels and swaying my hips, I do that Sharon Stone kind of thing - she has the sexiest walk, a New York cool thing that throws you back.