For the first time, I was the center of attention. Everyone watched me as if I were a bomb. Would I explode and cause a disaster or would I pop and cause a miracle?

There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.

Positive thoughts lead to positive results.

Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.

But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.

Everyone makes choices in life. Some bad, some good. It's called living, and if you want to bow out, then go right ahead. But don't do it halfway. Don't linger in whiner's limbo.

I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

I offer my heart, entrust my soul and give my life to you.

Love trumps logic?" "Every time.

Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.

You can't let the past ruin your future.

Pursue your dream with great might.

A good editor fixes. A superb editor fixes without ruining the original message of your book as a superb translator does as well.

The more I heard that I couldn't make it, the more I was determined to do it. I never liked being told that I'm not good enough to do this or that.

My friend, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, was murdered in 2004 for having been insufficiently reverent toward Islam.

There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes. It . . . gives the brain a small vacation.

A studio session ... provides the greatest chance for control. Even though there is total freedom, I still dislike studio photography and the contrived images that usually stem from this genre.

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.

Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side.