Everything is freedom and everything is loneliness. Make your choice and let the rest fall away.

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.

I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth.

I don't know if my mother was a narcissist - or bi-polar or borderline. Those were words she tossed around over the years.

Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

With each beat, the heart pumps nearly three ounces of blood into the arteries--seventy-five to ninety gallons an hour when the body is at rest.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.

Your heart is the size of your fist; keep loving, keep fighting.

Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.

Artists and writers have to understand and live the truth that what we are doing is nourishing the world.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

Under no circumstance is any proverbial player ever more significant than the collective.

I've got three sisters, five aunties, and my mom. It must have had an influence on me growing up.

Welcome, Ruin said, to godhood.

You can't get fit in one workout, just as you can't live your life in one day.

Brand is not a product, that's for sure; it's not one item. It's an idea, it's a theory, it's a meaning, it's how you carry yourself. It's aspirational, it's inspirational.

You can't put a limit anything.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

The old story is true:Women have to be less emotional than men.

Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.