Faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

Thoreau was an idiot.

Love and gratitude offers courage.

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin except to be there when he doesn't want her.

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.

I do regard myself as very lucky.

I would read Playboy more often, but my glasses keep steaming up.

Those born into poverty or on the margins of society require our extra support to realize their dreams.

I've been attracted to imagery and occasionally I've drawn from it, but I never thought I'd be painting these paintings. I didn't have any desire to. I didn't think there was any reason to.